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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published March 1961
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "The Great Solar Dragnet"

Characters Space Ranger; Cryll; Soel; the Org
Genre science fiction; superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Letters Ira Schnapp

7 page story "The Man Who Won A World"

Synopsis Janos Wyler wins the asteroid Delphinus in a raffle, but finds that his good fortune has put his life in danger.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell

1 page Doctor Rocket story "We're taking these dogs with us on this spaceship flight!"

Characters Doctor Rocket
Synopsis Dogs still have to be walked, even in space.
Genre science fiction; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Don't Sell Nature Short!"

Synopsis A wildlife preserve wins out over plans to build a new shopping center.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

1 page Rip Hunter... Time Master promo (ad from the publisher) "Now In a Magazine of His Own!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #1 (March-April 1961)

8 page story "Secret of the Stolen Powers"

Synopsis Professor Derek Haklot is kidnapped and forced to submit to an invention that steals his intelligence.
Genre science fiction
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

1 page Giants of the Telescope filler "Sir Arthur S. Eddington"

Synopsis Information about the scientific theories developed by British astronomer Arthur Eddington.
Genre fact
Reprinted from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #32 (June-July 1956)

1 page Hawkman promo (ad from the publisher) "Who is Hawkman..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes House ad for Brave and the Bold, The (DC, 1955 series) #34 (February-March 1961)

1 page text story "Ambush on Asteroid Asta"

Genre science fiction
Letters typeset

9 page Space Ranger story "The Great Solar Dragnet"

Characters Space Ranger; Cryll; Myra Mason; Ja Caro; Gor; Soel; the Org
Synopsis Space Ranger and Cryll track down the last three members of an interplanetary criminal syndicate.
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown