Captain Tootsie #1

Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion kids accidentally stow away aboard a rocket ship meant to launch their hero 200 miles into the sky—but two smugglers have sabotaged the vessel with extra explosives, sending it hurtling far beyond Earth's atmosphere. Now stranded aboard the runaway rocket with Captain Tootsie, the young adventurers must find a way to survive their unexpected journey into the depths of space.

Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion arrive on Venus to find a world of apparent peace—until a dying Goonan slave slips them a mysterious double clock face, revealing that the Venusians are secretly building duplicate rocket ships in their underground factories to launch an invasion of Earth. Racing against time and treachery, Captain Tootsie must uncover the truth behind the conspiracy, locate the rebel leader Valkiro, and warn his people before the Venusian fleet is unleashed.

Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion find themselves stranded on Venus, pursued by the mounted warriors known as the Riders of the Red Lizards—and their only hope lies with the hidden civilized village of Googans, led by their Chief Elder Thorgo. To reach their rocket ship and return to Earth before Venus can launch an attack on their world, they must brave the treacherous swamps and desert of an alien world filled with deadly creatures. It's a desperate race against time and impossible odds, with the strange lizard riders closing in.