Man O' Mars #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis is an anthology issue containing at least two stories. "John Hunter of the Marsmen" features a space traveler whose weapons malfunction on Mars due to the planet's lower hydrogen content; when his magnetic drive malfunctions, he is stranded and battles green Martian inhabitants. "Star Pirate" follows a space-rover named Star as he infiltrates the domain of the galaxy's richest man, Manvid Braxon, engaging in combat and espionage involving guards and laboratory facilities. The issue also includes what appears to be a third story involving Space Rangers operating near a Fenn Laboratories facility on Mars, dealing with detector screens, trap switches, and encounters with transforming creatures called dyno-tubes.
In "null," Senator Braxon is taken by the rebels Star and Gura to the Orion mines, where he confronts the brutal conditions his policies have enabled. Forced to witness the suffering firsthand, he begins to understand the cost of his inaction—though what comes next remains uncertain.
Space Ranger Reef Ryan stumbles onto a sinister plot centered around Dr. Philo Fenn's laboratory—a transmitter is broadcasting on outlaw channels, and the culprits are far more dangerous than anyone suspected. When Ryan uncovers the truth behind the Karnak Brothers and their connection to a long-exiled threat, he and his partner Flint Baker must race to stop a conspiracy that could spell disaster for the entire colony.
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Reprinted in Man O' Mars #1 (1953), Man O' Mars #1 (1958), Strange Worlds #1 (1990), Men of Mystery Comics #83 (2010), PS Artbooks Presents Classic Science Fiction Comics #1 (2020), PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Science Fiction Comics #1 (2020), Gwandanaland Comics #1062, Planet Comics #15
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