Space Adventures #2

A ton of mysterious thexite explosive is en route to the remote planet Pluto aboard the space transport Solario, carrying Commodore Rex Clive and his squadron of space officers—but an ambitious usurper named Wix has seized control of Pluto and will stop at nothing to intercept the cargo. When Wix's fleet moves to destroy the Solario, Clive and his officers execute a daring maneuver that turns the tables in a spectacular confrontation above the sunless world.

In "Operation Pluto," Queen Anyana of Delonia rules her planet from the icy surface of Pluto, where two rogue space traders, Wix and Gurkus, have seized control. Sent to restore order, the Space Rangers—Rex Clive and Speed Lansing—launch from the Solario, only to see it destroyed by Wix’s aggression, forcing them into a desperate fight against his scattered fleet. With the skies cleared, the Rangers earn their welcome from Queen Anyana as peace returns to Delonia.

In "Trouble on Phobos," Captain Norgo’s attempt to smuggle the banned substance Fluvia to Mercury sets off a chain reaction when Space Rangers Barry and Jones are trapped in the cargo hold. With Fluvia dumped into the ship’s engines, the vessel spirals off course—only to be intercepted by the enigmatic Adjutant Lansing.

In "The Graveyard of the Sky," Tyranno and his assistant Fodor scheme to seize control of the planetary system from Ganymede, using radar deception to lure the Staritania into Jupiter’s deadly grasp. Rex Clive devises a daring escape that could save the Star Rangers from the gas giant’s crushing gravity, setting the stage for a high-stakes confrontation in the skies above Jupiter.

In the remote iron mine on Decima, the tenth moon of Jupiter, newlyweds Jak and Maida Barv face a chilling threat when their robot workforce turns hostile. With only each other and the silent machines, Jak must confront a rebellion he never saw coming—especially when he discovers the truth behind the uprising. The mine’s quiet isolation cracks open into a desperate fight for survival, where loyalty is masked and the line between man and machine blurs.

In "The Smugglers of Callisto," the Space Rangers intercept a mysterious pattern of explosions in the asteroid belt—apparent losses of methane cargo from Jupiter—only to uncover a cunning operation led by the rogue Soq and his daughter Kara, who are using the chaos to vanish their stolen goods.

The near side of the Moon experiences perpetual daylight from Earth's perspective, with our planet hanging permanently in the lunar sky and its rotating features creating a natural clock for timekeeping. This brief exploration of lunar geography reveals the remarkable celestial mechanics that would make the Moon's sunlit face a uniquely illuminated world.