Characters

• Adam Strange
• Jakarta (a dust devil)

Credits

• Pencils: Carmine Infantino
• Inks: Murphy Anderson
• Letters: Ira Schnapp

Storyline

Adam Strange intercepts the Zeta Beam at Lake Makadi, Tanganyica, Africa and returns to Rann, unknowingly carrying Jakarta, the last surviving Dust Devil, who had hidden in Adam's holster on the planet Rhynthar. Seeking revenge, Jakarta attacks Ranangar. The Zeta radiation wears off and returns the pair to Earth, which the dust devil also plans to conquer, near Melbourne, Australia. Adam discovers that static electricity can freeze Jakarta, traps him with a Wimshurst Machine and then turns the Dust Devil over to Australian authorities.

Characters

• Adam Strange
• Alanna
• Jakarta (a dust devil, name revealed in this story, last seen in Mystery in Space #68, next seen in Mystery in Space #84)
• unnamed citizens of Melbourne, Australia
• unnamed citizens of Ranagar
• a female hobby shop clerk in Melbourne

Credits

• Script: Gardner Fox
• Pencils: Carmine Infantino
• Inks: Murphy Anderson
• Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Credits

• Script: Jack Schiff
• Pencils: Bernard Baily
• Inks: Bernard Baily
• Letters: Ira Schnapp

Storyline

In 2178, Doctor Fred Gibson is on Jupiter searching for his fiance Elsa. His romantic rival, archaeologist Phil Travis, finds her first but lacks the medical knowledge to treat her properly. Gibson, however, finds ancient Jovian technology that reveals its history: scientist Halfar Kal invented a "Droga Ray" that evolved the Jovians into pure energy, allowing them to travel throughout the galaxy. Gibson uses the ray on himself and as an invisible energy being helps Travis save Elsa. Travis returns to Earth, but the grateful Elsa opts to stay with Gibson, who used the ray to return to normal.

Characters

• Doctor Fred Gibson
• his fiance Elsa
• archeologist Phil Travis
• ancient Jovian scientist Halfar Kal

Credits

• Script: Gardner Fox
• Pencils: Murphy Anderson
• Inks: Murphy Anderson

Credits

• Pencils: Wayne Boring

Storyline

Heroic Jon Drum defeats cloud creatures to free the Illkanov; he bests silicon creatures from Alphard; he escapes from a magnetic maelstrom; and he saves a miner on Zeta Virgo's fifth planet. He is about to be honored when reporter Harl Vincent claims he saw an android duplicate of Drum performing at least one of Drum's adventures. Drum refuses to defend himself and leaves, but is captured by the Klinn. But it's all a ruse so that Drum can penetrate the Dissimatter barrier protecting the Klinn home world, use the ancient weapon he found to defeat them, and rescue several captured scientists.

Characters

• Space adventurer Jon Drum from the planet Ildaric
• his best friend, Lars Korn
• reporter Harl Vincent
• dignitaries in in the Solar Hall on Earthport Los Frisco
• warrior Klinn crewmen
• cloud creatues on the planet Tantamar
• silicon creatures from Alphard
• a trapped miner

Credits

• Script: Gardner Fox
• Pencils: Sid Greene
• Inks: Sid Greene

Credits

• Pencils: Russ Heath
• Inks: Russ Heath