Space Western Comics #42

Dates

Cover date

February 1953

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Spurs Jackson And His Space Vigilantes Meet the Sun Masters · 8 pages

  When Aku and his Sun People show up in an enormous, gleaming saucer, Aku tells Spurs his people possess a powerful energy source they would like to be permitted to land and share with Earth. Hank relays the acceptance of the offer. General Joyce is in charge, and Professor Cray with his assistant Thelda Barnes work with the Sun People to learn the energy source. Spurs is skeptical of the Sun People's claims of living on the Sun, while the Professor and Thelda voice their suspicions of nefarious hidden motives from the Sun People.

• The Return of the Aztecs · 7 pages

  Hank drives Strong Bow to a ritual held by Strong Bow's tribe of Pueblo-dwelling Native Americans. Strong Bow tells the story of centuries earlier, when Aztecs use instructions from their sacred book, the Popol Vuh, to build a rocketship in an effort to escape the European invaders. The ritual, held during an eclipse, is intended to keep the Aztecs away. The ritual fails to do so, and the descendants of the original Aztecs that rocketed away return with weapons powerful enough to challenge the modern 'white men'. They have lived on Vulcan, a planet closer to the Sun, and are resistant to heat.

• The Space Bronco · Oakley Logan · 2 pages

  Old Oakley Logan of the Rancho Oro spins a tall tale about the day he took a trip to space on a bronco, all confirmed by Whitey, another cowhand.

• Spurs Jackson And His Space Vigilantes Tangle With The Outlaws of Mars · 8 pages

  Spurs Jackson and his Space Vigilantes, Hank and Strong Bow, return to Mars to help Queen Thula once more. Someone is suctioning off the atmosphere, and its up to the group to stop it before Mars becomes a lifeless planet.

• An Amazing Space Journey · Jethro Barton · 1 pages

  This story alleges an 1888 alien abduction of one Jethro Barton from a moor in England. Jethro escapes the flying craft in Canada, to the surprise of Barton and the Canadian authorities.

• The Riddle of Skull Valley · 6 pages

  Sheriff Townley and Hank Roper investigate the sighting of mysterious black UFOs. Anzo, Master of the Black World,lands to claim Hank Roper and Sheriff Townley as specimens. The Black World is named Nux, and the Nuxians plan an invasion.

Characters

Reprinted in

Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, & Nazis! (2024)