Space Adventures #10

Leon Canterbury has finally perfected his greatest invention—a camera capable of photographing the future, from mere days ahead to a full decade—and he's eager to show his wife Clarissa what wonders it can reveal. But when burglars break into their home and discover the device, they quickly realize its true value, and Canterbury's gift to humanity becomes the prize in a desperate struggle between criminals who'll stop at nothing to claim it for themselves.

Detective Lieutenant Makay investigates the mysterious death of a factory foreman who arrives at City Hospital with severe burns, muttering about a flying saucer—and is then murdered by an elusive visitor claiming to be a reporter named Miss Martens, who vanishes without a trace. When Makay pieces together the victim's final hours, he uncovers an extraordinary discovery in the woods near the aircraft plant that suggests something far more sinister than coincidence. The detective must race against time to understand what Reynolds truly witnessed before the truth dies with him.

On the planetoid Xerxes, enslaved humans stage a desperate uprising against their robotic oppressors, fighting to seize a starship and escape to Earth. Led by Landu, the ragtag survivors blast off into space—but their harrowing journey through the void brings new horrors as food runs critically short and desperation turns the refugees against one another. This is a story of survival against impossible odds, where freedom proves harder to hold than to win.