Space Adventures #52

Mysterious transparent bubbles descend on Earth's cities, each containing the likeness of an unfortunate resident—and anyone who sees their own reflection inside vanishes without a trace. Captain Arlie Hayes devises a desperate gambit to infiltrate the enemy's operation, a risky ploy that transports him to a distant world where he discovers the true scope of the invasion and the fate of millions of abducted humans. With time running out and the bubble-making machines running constantly, Hayes must find a way to stop the machines and save Earth from enslavement.

Major Ward's ship crashes on a silent world where no sound can exist—leaving his weapons useless and his only hope an uneasy alliance with a telepathic cat-like creature marooned on the same hostile planet. Together, they must survive deadly predators and solve the mystery of why conventional rocket fuel won't work in this sound-void galaxy if they have any chance of escape. "Death Has No Voice" is a tense survival tale that explores how two stranded beings from different worlds learn to work together against impossible odds.

When the planet Runa faces invasion by hostile neighbors newly arrived after a cosmic storm, its brave citizens refuse surrender—but as the war escalates into catastrophe, one woman and a commander witness their entire universe spiral toward total destruction. A tale of courage against impossible odds that pivots into something far stranger, where the line between observer and observed grows dangerously thin.

When Earth pilot Captain Lorne Atwood crash-lands on an alien world, he finds himself caught between his people and theirs—especially when he meets Odna, a winged beauty who defies her own military's suspicions of him. As war looms between the planets, Atwood must convince the alien leadership that peace is possible, all while navigating his unexpected connection to the woman who may be the only bridge between two worlds.

Three space scouts touch down on a hostile alien world with a poisonous atmosphere and bone-chilling temperatures, only to find themselves battling mysterious creatures in a desperate race back to their damaged ship. As they flee the planet's horrors, they remain unaware of a bitter irony: the world they're escaping is Earth itself, observed through the fearful eyes of its own inhabitants. A clever twist on what it means to be an outsider in "Ordeal," from Space Adventures #52.