Space War #25

When a geodetic survey rocket approaches Station 4—humanity's newest space outpost—its crew receives a garbled distress call, then conflicting transmissions that put Captain Laura Dawes on high alert. Suspecting hostile forces have seized the station and its fifty-odd human prisoners, she devises a daring plan: transmit a false surrender, hide half her crew in the ship's storage compartments, and land to mount a surprise counterattack. What unfolds is a tense battle of wits and firepower against Geedunk of the Swamp Planet Marsho, who holds the station as bait for capturing passing vessels.

When an incomprehensibly massive alien vessel positions itself between Earth and the sun, plunging the planet into sudden darkness and deadly cold, humanity scrambles to understand the threat. A desperate space patrol led by Winninger engages the invaders head-on, racing to pierce the mystery of the impenetrable vapor screen that's blotting out our star. In this 1963 tale from Space War, one daring maneuver might be all that stands between Earth's survival and the aliens' conquest.

A spacecraft crew discovers an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star—same continents, same atmosphere, but wrong in ways they can't quite name. When they land and encounter a civilization frozen at humanity's ancient past, the Admiral's skepticism about their peaceful intentions sets off a chain of events that will test whether this strange mirror world might offer something their own Earth never could.

Commander Wiggam thought he was too smart to fall for the charms of Dagla, the beautiful prisoner from the planet Lbuba—until she reveals the truth about the war between their worlds and asks for his help. Now the commander must decide whether to risk his career and Earth's chain of command to broker peace, or dismiss her words as the cunning manipulation he was warned about.

A massive, otherworldly creature arrives from the newly discovered planet Oxy-3—a being that defies Earth's physics and appears part crocodile, part bat, and utterly hostile. When an area patrolman suspects the alien monster is simply dying rather than attacking, he makes an unconventional choice: instead of destroying it, he feeds the creature, setting off a chain of events that forces both military commanders and the creature itself toward an unexpected resolution. This 1963 tale explores what happens when compassion meets the unknown in the vastness of space.

Daniel Boone earned his reputation as one of America's greatest pioneers through his personal courage and mastery of frontier skills, first gaining notice while serving under General Braddock during the French and Indian Wars. Drawn to the wilderness, Boone explored wild Kentucky, and despite repeated captures by Indians, he persevered to establish Boonesboro—a settlement that opened the vast Kentucky territories to American expansion. His legacy as an intrepid pioneer secured his place in history.