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Issue Details

Issue	#52
Published	August 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "Guardian Beasts of the Life Stone!"

Characters	Space Ranger; Myra Mason
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Letters	Ira Schnapp

7 page story "Prisoner on Pluto"

Synopsis	Walt Coates helps Weeb, a Plutonian who crash-landed near his home. However, Weeb is a wanted criminal on Pluto and Walt is arrested and taken there to stand trial as an accomplice.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

1 page Doctor Rocket story "Another missile lost in the ocean, Dr. Rocket!"

Characters	Doctor Rocket
Synopsis	Dr. Rocket figures out a way to keep his missiles from being lost.
Genre	humor; science fiction
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Superman public service announcement "Lend a Friendly Hand!"

Characters	Superman
Synopsis	When he sees some boys being unfriendly to a refugee boy, Superman takes them across the world to see the conditions refugees have come from and tells them that they need to be nicer.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.

7 page story "The Chameleon of Space"

Synopsis	Astronaut York Barton tests the Cellulizer, an invention that can transform men into creatures that are able to adapt to other planetary conditions.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Arnold Drake ?
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Notes	Writer identification by Bob Hughes.

1 page text story "Last Man on the Moon"

Genre	science fiction
Letters	typeset

Half page filler "First Into Space"

Synopsis	facts about flight
Genre	fact

8 page Space Ranger story "The Guardian Beasts of the Life Stone"

Characters	Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Mr. Gorba (villain); Bart Jeffers; Dr. Pedri
Synopsis	An old space prospector tells Space Ranger and his crew about the mysterious Life Stone which has kept him alive for 200 years. The villainous Gorba plots to acquire the Life Stone for himself.
Genre	science fiction; superhero
Script	Arnold Drake
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Notes	Writer identification by Bob Hughes.