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Pages: 52
Editing: Jack Byrne (credited as J. F. Byrne) (managing editor)
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The Brute in the Bubble
(Table of Contents)

The Lost World / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

[The Brute in the Bubble]
(Table of Contents: 1)

The Lost World / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Thorncliff Herrick (house name)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:To conquer a planet, devastate its cities and...
Characters:
Zog (introduction); Mummy-Men (introduction); Voltamen
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Futura / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
John Douglas (signed)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oceania, the aqua planet, gracefully glides its orbit...
Characters:
Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Guest Star: Blargo, the Lawless; The Heads (villains, introduction); a duplicate Futura (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Futura and Blargo are taken prisoner on Oceania by a group called the Heads, and are cast into a sea of sand, that transforms men into monsters.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

The inking varies tremendously on this episode. They are especially simplified on page five.

Unposted
(Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
? [as J. Bixby]
Inks:
? [as J. Bixby]
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:science fiction
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The air was sweet to smell, and the...
Characters:
Commander Gorth (introduction); Krio (villain, introduction)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Space Rangers / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Frank Doyle (see Notes)
Inks:
Frank Doyle (see Notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The reel of documentary film in the space rangers'...
Characters:
The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Gettor (introduction); Norta
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Doyle provides panels two, three and the final panel and the story is revamped to eliminate about a page and a half of the original story.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Star Pirate / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Long life, self-government, peace and luxury...all these...
Characters:
Star Pirate; Flura Benson (intro); Villain: Tabor (intro)
Reprints (2)

Rhea
(Table of Contents: 7)

Life on Other Worlds / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Mysta of the Moon / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Cargo X25, consigned on space freighter Eroica for...
Characters:
Mysta of the Moon [Technician 3A]; Guest Stars: Dirk Garro; Lorne (intro; dies); Villains: Kaarin (intro; dies); the Llarns (intro; monsters)
Synopsis:
Mysta discovers creatures called the Llarn which are being miniaturized and smuggled onto Earth, then enlarged to help commit crimes.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Dirk Garro erroneously refers to Mysta as "Technician 106" throughout this story.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Brute in the Bubble
    The Lost World
  2. [The Brute in the Bubble]
    The Lost World
  3. ["Oceania, the aqua planet, gracefully glides its orbit..."]
    Futura
  4. Unposted
  5. ["The air was sweet to smell, and the..."]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
  6. ["The reel of documentary film in the space rangers'..."]
    Space Rangers
  7. ["Long life, self-government, peace and luxury...all these..."]
    Star Pirate
  8. Rhea
    Life on Other Worlds
  9. ["Cargo X25, consigned on space freighter Eroica for..."]
    Mysta of the Moon
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Dwayne Best
  • Doug Brain
  • John Censullo
  • Pat Conolly
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike O'Regan
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Patrick Shaughnessy
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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