Space Adventures #2

(September 1952)

Talk About Speed (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks

Frank Frollo (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Reprints

• in Space Adventures (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #53 ([circa 1954])
• in Space Adventures (Charlton, 1952 series) #17 (July 1955)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Operation Pluto (Table of Contents: 2)

Rex Clive and His Space Officers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Art Cappello (signed)

Inks

Art Cappello (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino ?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Wix; Gurkus; Queen Anyana

Synopsis

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 scoutcrafts in the cargo hold of a massive ship called the Solario, it is threatened by Wix, the self-proclaimed ruler of Pluto. Wix blows up the Solario, unleashing the Space Rangers on the would-be despot's ragtag group of spacecraft. The Space Rangers handily destroy Wix's fleet. Things work out as well for Gurkus as the failed Wix. Rex and Speed are welcomed to Pluto by Queen Anyana.

Reprints

• in Space Adventures (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #53 ([circa 1954])
• in Super Giant Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #23 ([1976])

Trouble on Phobos (Table of Contents: 3)

Space Officers / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Giordano (signed)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Speed Lansing; Bob Barry; Captain Norgo

Synopsis

Captain Norgo is attempting to smuggle a powerful alcohol called Fluvia to Mercury, where Fluvia is illegal. Space Rangers Barry and Jones investigate his ship, but are locked in the cargo hold. They dump Fluvia from the cargo into the ship's engines. The Fluvia causes the ship to veer from course. It is then intercepted by Adjutant Lansing.

Reprints

• in Space Adventures (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #53 ([circa 1954])

The Graveyard of the Sky (Table of Contents: 4)

Rex Clive / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frollo

Inks

Frank Frollo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tyranno; Fodor; Rex Clive; Stella Dawn

Synopsis

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. Rex Clive concocts a means by which the Star Rangers can escape Jupiter's heavy gravity with the Staritania. The Space Rangers permanently subdue Tyranno when they blow up his spacecraft.

Indexer Notes

has a double page spread [Lou Mougin]

Down to Earth (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Space Adventures (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #53 ([circa 1954])

Revolt of the Robots (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Belfi (signed)

Inks

John Belfi (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Jak Barv; Maida Barv; Greg Dant

Synopsis

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. Jak's assistant, Greg Dant, left before they arrived. A robot tries to kidnap Maida, forcing Jak to attempt to fight it off. The robots get belligerent. Jak must fight for them. Jak hears Maida cry for help as she is kidnapped by a robot. He runs to save her. Throwing a large boulder at a robot, Jak finds out that Greg Dant is disguised in the robot skin. He controlled the robots by shortwave. Dant had found gold and attempted to get rid of the Marvs.

Reprints

• in Space Adventures (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #53 ([circa 1954])

Keywords

Decima; Jupiter; robots; space mine

The Smugglers of Callisto (Table of Contents: 7)

The Space Officers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frollo

Inks

John Belfi

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Commodore Rex Clive; Adjutant Speed Lansing; Bob Barry; Jim Jones; Captain Cypol; Soq; Kara-Soq's daughter

Synopsis

The Space Rangers run across a scheme by Soq to steal methane shipments from Jupiter. The unmanned cargo craft seemingly explode in the asteroid belt, yet Soq and his daughter Kara are behind it.

Reprints

• in Space Adventures (L. Miller & Son, 1953 series) #53 ([circa 1954])

The Land of Perpetual Light (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frollo (signed)

Inks

Frank Frollo (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Indexer Notes

inside back cover