Wally Wood: Strange Worlds of Science Fiction #[nn]

Ross Lanning barely survives a brutal ambush by terrified natives, left stranded in a hidden crater at the base of Quhaltec Mountain. As he explores the cavern beneath the jungle floor, he discovers a chamber of slumbering alien beings—and a lever that seems to call out to him. The moment he pulls it, the silence shatters.

Ross Lanning stumbles back from the alien cavern, weakened by jungle fever and delayed in his return to civilization—just as reports of flying saucers flood the news. When he finally emerges, the F.B.I. and foreign agents close in, desperate to learn what he saw. But the truth is far stranger than any interrogation can uncover.

Ross Lanning, the lone human survivor of a mysterious alien encounter, discovers the truth behind the flying saucers: the beings are not invaders, but the last remnants of a civilization that once called Earth home. After awakening them from centuries of suspended animation, Ross learns they’ve returned to set right the catastrophic mistake that erased their world—now entrusting him with devices to prevent future atomic devastation before they depart for another galaxy.

In the dense, alien jungles of Venus, Chet Fields leads a reluctant expedition for the wealthy Wagner Duprey and his niece, Magda Duprey, unaware that Wagner’s true mission is a dangerous quest for redemption—driven by a decades-old theft of a sacred jewel eye from the winged people of Anacinth. When the expedition is captured by the hostile, flying natives, Chet and Magda must survive not only the jungle’s perils but the weight of Wagner’s hidden past and the ancient debt it demands.

In the eerie depths of a forgotten ruin, archaeologist Tayne Whitney stumbles upon a crystal that awakens a long-lost power—transporting him to a world where he’s hailed as a savior foretold. With Princess Maryl by his side and the fate of the realm hanging in the balance, Tayne must unravel the truth behind the idol of Rogor before he’s sacrificed.

In "The Martian Slavers," Captain Science, Rip, and Luana face a desperate crisis on Mars, where slavers have seized control of the planet’s atmosphere plant, threatening to suffocate all who oppose them. With time running out, Captain Science devises a daring plan to infiltrate the slavers’ dome, using deception to turn their stronghold against them.

Myles Cabot finds himself stranded on Venus after a failed experiment, where he’s captured by the tyrannical ant-men ruling the planet. As he navigates a world of enslaved humans and shifting alliances, he forms an unlikely bond with Princess Lilla and teams up with the resistance, including Professor Gerrish and Prince Toron, to challenge the oppressive regime. With help from Yuri, Doggo, and the mysterious Poblath, Myles must outwit the king and his enforcer Bthuh before the planet’s fate—and his own—hangs in the balance.

Space Ace ventures into the void chasing a reward for locating missing scientist Benton Thorpe—only to pull a drifting woman, Dalla, from the cold dark. Her tale of alien invasion and Thorpe’s capture leads him to Titan, but the truth unfolds in a deadly twist: Dalla’s story was a ruse, and the real mastermind is Flor, the vengeful pirate queen who’s set a trap of her own.

Avenger and Teena follow a trail of clues that point to a smuggling ring on Venus, where a mysterious customs official and the glamorous stage star Serra Venta may be playing double roles. When the official’s true identity is revealed, the truth behind the opium trade is far more twisted than they expected.

Professor James Chalmers unveils a revolutionary device that peers into the distant past, revealing a forgotten clash between ancient civilizations. With his colleague Professor Robert Matson watching, the vision unfolds across time—showing the enigmatic Tu-Han, the mysterious Princess Mo-ra, the relentless Sark, the cunning Ka-Rin, and the powerful Ma-Gul as forces shaped by a history long buried.

In the shadow of Titan’s frozen surface, Dave Kenton plays the part of a convict in the mines—until an alien invasion by the Flann forces him to go from prisoner to fugitive. Stowing away aboard their ship, he uncovers the truth behind their uranium raids and the fate of Earth’s future.

When a millennia-old secret surface world is threatened by a violent uprising, the last of Atlantis’s defenders—Professor Ludwig von Bohm, Steve Hanson, and the exiled Queen Valen—must confront a conspiracy that reaches back to the planet’s buried past. With Dr. Pickering’s research offering a fragile clue, they race to stop a new invasion from the depths before the surface is consumed.

In "The Vampires of the Void," Princess Myrza leads a merciless invasion of Earth’s solar system, seeking to harvest humanity to sustain her race’s life dynamos. When Dave Kenton is captured, he must outwit his alien captors using nothing but ingenuity and a cleverly rigged ultraviolet lamp—before the invaders’ own sleep rays claim them all.

In the shadow of a forgotten past, Jack Rance and Tommy Peters are sent back to the dawn of history to find the missing couple who vanished two decades prior. There, they meet Princess Rhoa, a woman of quiet mystery who speaks their language with eerie ease, and her enigmatic companion, Ogg, as the lost kingdom of Athala begins to reveal its secrets.

When the spaceship Yonkers is ambushed by deadly space sirens whose haunting songs disable entire crews, reporter Maeve Malloy fights to send a warning before she’s silenced. Her desperate call reaches Dave Kenton, but the true danger lies not just in the sirens’ power—but in what they’re really after.

Dr. Ernest Morey, known as the "Executioner" for his cold dedication to science, faces a personal reckoning when the satellite he designed explodes mid-launch—killing its pilot. With the weight of the tragedy pressing down, he begins to unravel the truth behind the disaster, unaware that the man who died was his own son. As Captain Fred Burton and Major Cannon investigate the wreckage, the line between duty and grief blurs, and the truth begins to surface in ways no one expected.