Dates
- Cover date
- September-October 1963
- On sale
- July 25, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Mission to Disaster Chapter 1 · 5.67 pages
Capt. Tommy Tomorrow and Capt. Lon Vurian meet with Gur Doyka, Chief Minister of the Federation of Planets. The Federation has recently made first contact with a distant solar system, and offered them a non-aggression treaty. The aliens proved suspicious and hesitated signing the pact. Their mission is a final attempt at an agreement to avoid war. Their first stop is Roukar, smallest planet in that solar system. Unfortunately, the planet's boy king, Lorgi, stows away when they depart Roukar for the capital planet, and the ambitious prime minister accuses them of kidnapping.
- [Mission to Disaster] Chapter 2: The Plot to Kill a Solar System · 6.67 pages
Capt. Tomorrow, Capt. Vurian, and Gur Doyka are captured and imprisoned for kidnapping the boy king. Prime Minister Bsorbo disregards the king's protests. The three men escape and uncover a plot to invade Earth. King Lorgi locates them and tells them he has a plan to foil Bsorbo. Vurian will wear a mask and pose as the king, while Lorgi leads the other two to a spaceship.
- Strange Secrets of the Stars · 1 pages
- [Mission to Disaster] Chapter 3: The Palace of Peril · 11.67 pages
While Capt. Vurian poses as King Lorgi, the others steal a spaceship. Unfortunately, the ship they chose is almost out of fuel. Back at the palace, Bsorbo realizes that the king is an imposter. Capt. Tomorrow and the real king devise a way for Lorgi to speak directly to his armada and order them to halt. The soldiers at the palace place Bsorbo under arrest. Later, at the capital planet of that solar system, a treaty is signed between the two governments.
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Reprinted in
Flash Album (1965)