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Cover art by Lee Elias. 1st Tommy Tomorrow. Chapter 1: Frame-Up at Planeteer Academy, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Tommy Tomorrow arrives with other rookies at the Planeteer Academy, known as the "West Point of the Solar System"; He meets other cadets, such as Lon Vurian of Venus and Lo-Duey of Mars; Someone repeatedly sabotages Tommy, until none of the other cadets trust him. #529-Amazing Ratios!; The Earth's atmosphere is so immense that there is approximately two million tons of air for every human being on Earth! Man Tries for the Moon fact two-pager, art by Henry Boltinoff. Pioneers of the Sky; Some facts about early flight pioneers: J. Degen, Sir George Cayley, Gustov and Otto Lilienthal, Percy Sinclair Pilcher, Samuel Pierpoint Langley, Clement Ader, and the Wright brothers. Chapter 2: The Criminal Who Couldn't Die, script by Arnold Drake, art by Lee Elias; Tommy Tomorrow and Lon Vurian join together and follow after Chardu; Tommy explains to Lon that when solar rays pass through the Stone of Gazda, they form a wall of energy that can't be penetrated by any weapon. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.