Space Adventures (1952 1st series) comic books 1952

Cover pencils by Al Fago, inks by Lou Morales. "The Mad-Man of Mars," art by Lou Morales; The Space Rangers track down Nucleo, a shape-shifting Martian. He takes the figure of Captain Arax, and thusly his leisure cruise spaceship, the Staritania. "Invasion from the Moon," art by Frank Frollo; When the preying mantis-like moon insects begin to attack Lunar Station X-32, the Space Rangers discover a plot by Halgo, leader of the Outerplanetary Circle, is waking up the underground creatures; Halgo plans to steal destructive mirrors, old Earth weapons buried on the moon. "Room to Live" text story. "Mummers from Mercury," pencils by Albert Tyler, inks by Dick Giordano; Boss Kipley and his cohort Pete intercept alien radio signals; Boss Kipley arranges to have Modo, Master of Mercury, land with his invasion force of aliens. "Visits the City of Brass"; With the assistance of Professor Eon Tempus, Hap Holliday, Time Skipper, designs and builds his "Year in an Instant" yacht, In their first outing, the pair visit the year 100,001; They encounter a dry seabed with giant crab-like creatures and a giant, land-traversing octopus. "The Birth of the Moon" half-page story, art by Lou Morales. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Frank Frollo. "Talk About Speed" one-page story, art by Frank Frollo. "Operation Pluto," art by Art Cappello; Queen Anyana is leader of the country of Delonia on the planet Pluto; Two space traders, Wix and Gurkus, have taken over Delonia; The Space Rangers, including Rex Clive and Speed Lansing are sent with their scout crafts in the cargo hold of a massive ship called the Solario; It is threatened by Wix, the self-proclaimed ruler of Pluto. "Trouble on Phobos," art by Dick Giordano; Captain Norgo is attempting to smuggle a powerful alcohol called Fluvia to Mercury; Fluvia is illegal on the planet of destination; Space Rangers Barry and Jones investigate his ship. "The Graveyard of the Sky," art by Frank Frollo; Tyranno, with his assistant Fodor, operates a plan to take over the governorship of the planetary system from one of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede; To do so, he uses radar to trick the Staritania to Jupiter. "Down to Earth" text story. "Revolt of the Robots," art by John Belfi; Newlyweds Jak and Maida Barv go to Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, to run an iron mine; They are alone except for the robot labor force; A robot tries to kidnap Maida. "The Smugglers of Callisto," pencils by Frank Frollo, inks by John Belfi; The Space Rangers run across a scheme by Soq to steal methane shipments from Jupiter. "The Land of Perpetual Light" half-page story, art by Frank Frollo. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The Crazy Planet" one-page story, art by Frank Frollo. "The Hollow World," art by Art Cappello; Ships mysteriously disappear near the planet Marduk; Marduk is five times the size of Earth but has extremely low gravity; Captain Larq of the Lunex Luna sends a message as his craft is pulled in; Clive and Lansing investigate. "The Vixens of Venus," art by John Belfi; The Vixens of Venus, with their chief Delva, intend to invade the Earth; They must first plant Venusian vegetation to feed the giant insects that thrive on their planet; Rex Clive and Speed are captured while investigating the island where the Venusian Vixens have planted their flora. "War Cry of Mirza" text story. "The Cloudships of Magonia," art by Dick Giordano. "Convoy to Mars," art by Dick Giordano and Rex Clive; Space King leads the Space Rangers through the narrow pass between the Sun and Mercury, attempting to discover the hijackers there; The passage is taken as the best option to get to Mars at distant spots in its orbit. "The Time Skipper Travels to Ancient Rome"; The Time Skipper ends up in ancient Rome with Queen Ula and Professor Tempus; They encounter Cleopatra, who hears a prophesy from the absurdly-wrong soothsayer Rapidus. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.