Space War #2

When Dr. Meade, a mysterious figure with extraordinary powers, stokes mutual hatred between Earth and the peaceful beings of Talus III, Commander Cogan discovers the deception just before an apocalyptic final battle. Racing against time, Cogan must convince the Talus forces of the truth and unite the two worlds against Meade's true agenda in the darkness of space. A tense Cold War-era tale of how easily enemies can be manufactured—and how quickly they can become allies.

Warriors from Jupiter, led by the scientist-dictator Jobar, set their sights on conquering the inner planets after failing to subdue the outer worlds—but they haven't reckoned with Mars and its clever defense against their greatest weakness. When the Jovian fleet approaches, Earth's skies turn an ominous red, and the invaders find themselves unable to proceed any further into the solar system. In this tale from 1959, a desperate gambit becomes humanity's salvation, though few will ever know the truth of their narrow escape.

Captain Tom Hardy of the U.N. Space Patrol encounters an unfamiliar alien vessel while patrolling the space lanes between Earth, Mars, and Venus—and when the mysterious ship approaches and unleashes strange tentacle-like rays that probe the crew's very minds, Hardy must marshal his defenses and decide whether to fight back or risk losing his ship. This 1959 tale delivers pure space adventure: first contact gone wrong, alien intelligence, and the question of who truly has the upper hand when two species meet in the void.

A ruthless dictator named Hitan launches an atomic war across the galaxy to cement his rule, but the scientists who warned him about the dangers of atomic fusion prove grimly correct—the chain reaction dislocates his own sun, dooming his entire planet. As Hitan's world faces annihilation, the story shifts to Earth, where a scientist discovers something that reframes everything we've just witnessed.