Issue Details

Issue	#47
Published	March 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "The Great Green Spawn"

Characters	Auro Lord of Jupiter
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Joe Doolin
Inks	Joe Doolin

10 page The Lost World story "That video broadcast in which you saw two..."

Characters	Hunt Bowman; Peter (introduction, death); The Voltamen (villains)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Thornecliffe Herrick] (signed)
Pencils	Lily Renee (signed)
Inks	Lily Renee (signed)

6 page Futura story "On Earth she was nobody--a mere B-minus..."

Characters	Futura [Marcia Reynolds]; Jarl Zeo (introduction); Guest Star: Aborotes; Mentor (villain); Cymradians (villains)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as John Douglas] (signed)

1 page The Vizigraph letters page "The Vizigraph"

Letters

typeset

6 page Auro Lord of Jupiter story The Great Green Spawn ["Many are the strange men and semi-men who..."]

Characters	Auro Lord of Jupiter; Guest Star: Dorna; Zago (villain, as a brain, death)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Dick Charles] (signed)
Pencils	George Evans (signed)
Inks	George Evans (signed)
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Half page Life On Other Worlds filler "Mystery of the Asteroids"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks	Murphy Anderson (signed)
Notes	One third of the page is occupied by the Ownership Statement.

6 page Space Rangers story "A routine investigation of a routine case. A..."

Characters	The Space Rangers [Flint Baker; Reef Ryan]; Guest Stars: Hercules; Mary; Xando (villain, introduction, death); the Robosapiens (villains, introduction, death)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Hugh Fitzhugh] (signed)
Pencils	Bob Lubbers
Inks	Bob Lubbers; George Evans

2 page text story "Was Earth a Colony of Venus?"

Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as H. McLeod Kensington, Ph.D.] (signed)
Letters	typeset

8 page Mysta of the Moon story "It was a precious metal Mysta sought...invaluable for..."

Characters	Mysta of the Moon; Guest Stars: Bron II; Lorin (introduction, death); Ohma and the Swampmen of Venus (introduction); Rekor (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis	Mysta and Bron head for the Swamps of Venus to obtain a new supply of Platine, a metal needed to power the Vita-Electroid they have created.
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Ross Gallun] (signed)
Pencils	Howard Larsen
Inks	Howard Larsen
Notes	Bill Black verifies the art to be by Larsen, and not Charles Sultan as once listed.
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010)

7 page Star Pirate story "Into the gloomy mists of dread Kalendos plunges..."

Characters	Star Pirate; Lily (introduction); Moro (villain, introduction); Dazo (villain, introduction); Humanoids (villains, introduction); Mound Tritons (villains, introduction)
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Len Dodson] (signed)
Pencils	Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks	Murphy Anderson (signed)