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Issue Details

Issue #60
Published May 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)
Notes Cover does not relate to any interior feature.

Cover Details

Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin
Notes Cover does not relate to any interior feature.

10 page The Lost World story Vassals of Volta ["It was in l975 AD when the planet Volta..."]

Characters Helene (intro); Villains: Voltamen
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Pencils George Evans (signed)
Inks George Evans (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Futura story "This is my story...my name is Futura..."

Characters Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Villain: Blargo
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as John Douglas]
Pencils Enrico Bagnoli
Inks Enrico Bagnoli

1 page Life On Other Worlds story "Is the world coming to an end?"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Bay
Inks Bay
Notes Only candidate found in the Who's Who is B.A. Bayer who signed a DC Wildcat story in 1948.

6 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story "Gored by a berserk circus monster, robbed of..."

Characters Auro Lord of Jupiter; Guest Star: Dr. Tor; Villains: Akim; Sala
Synopsis Auro gains power to transform into a Rango (a monster) and returns to Jupiter.
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Dick Charles]
Pencils Graham Ingels
Inks Graham Ingels
Notes Auro is back to being a "Lord of Jupiter" now after his hiatus as a commoner last issue.

8 page Space Rangers story "Was it true? Had the daring geologist Rowena..."

Characters The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Rowena (intro); Villains: Mercon (intro); Solik (intro)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Hugh Fitzhugh]
Pencils Frank Fermonetti (signed)
Inks Frank Fermonetti (signed)

2 page text story "The Zogs of Xena"

Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Thornecliffe Herrick]
Letters typeset

7 page Star Pirate story "Help! Space buoy XY...can't hold out much..."

Characters Star Pirate; Villains: Sandra (intro); Rasga (intro)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Len Dodson]
Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr

1 page Life On Other Worlds filler "The Mystery Planets"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Bay?
Inks Bay?
Notes There appears to be a signature in the last panel, but it simply states "The End."

8 page Mysta of the Moon story "Encyclopedia Universa. Andros: dead world charted as desolate..."

Characters Mysta of the Moon; Guest Star: Dirk Garro; Villains: The Sleepers (intro)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Ross Gallun]
Pencils Charles A. Winter
Inks Charles A. Winter