Space Adventures #13

Sgt. "Blast" Baker and Corporal Astra Adams of the Planet Police answer a desperate distress call and encounter a giant, nearly invulnerable creature threatening a space-liner in orbit—but their real battle begins when they're forced to land on an enemy space station and face General Loki, who wields a fearsome disintegrator bazooka and plans to conquer every world in the universe. Trapped and outnumbered, Sergeant Baker must navigate an impossible choice between the safety of his fellow officers and the life of the woman he loves. The fate of the entire Planet Police Force—and beyond—hangs in the balance.

Reporter Joan Mason gets a stylish new hairdo at the town's most exclusive beauty salon—and accidentally walks out with a package of cocaine meant for someone else. When she discovers the mix-up and tries to uncover the source, a young woman connected to the salon turns up murdered, and Joan finds herself caught between a dangerous dope ring and the people she's trying to expose. With help from her friend Dan, Joan races to piece together who's really running the operation before the criminals silence her too.

Val Tor, a robot historian in the year 4968 A.D., has spent decades obsessed with uncovering the truth about mankind—a species his fellow robots dismiss as myth, despite suspecting that humans once built them. When his search finally leads him to an underground crypt beneath the Earth's surface, Val Tor makes a discovery that forces him to confront a troubling question: what does it mean to serve, and what obligation does a robot truly owe to its creators? As Val Tor grapples with this inheritance, the fate of two civilizations—robots and ants alike—hangs in the balance.