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While returning from leave on Venus Astro is at the Venus Space Port and is confronted by a stranger in the dark. At first Astro doesn’t see who the stranger is but once he identifies himself as his cousin Murko, Astro see’s that the stranger is an exact duplicate for himself. Murko distracts Astro while his companion Beal hit’s Astro over the head knocking him out. They drag Astro off somewhere secluded and give Astro a shot of Sodium Pentathol (truth serum) to learn about the patrol and his Space Academy friends.

Murko takes over Astro’s place at the Space Academy. Almost immediately Tom becomes suspicious and Murko senses the suspicion. So he fakes an episode of being stunned and goes blank and when he comes out of it he explains to Tom and Roger that after they left Venus he was in an accident with a head injury. Tom and Roger are immediately concerned and want to take Astro (Murko) to the dispensary but he convinces them that he is alright and if he has another episode he will check into the dispensary himself.

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Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and the Venusian Astro were on holiday on Venus when they discovered that Pirates equipped with giant robots, similar to the ones they encountered on their Giants of Mercury adventure, had been holding hostage the residents of the the mining settlement of Gold City, Venus while stealing the city’s gold. At the end of the first part of this story the Space Cadets have just rescued the entire population of Gold City, Venus.

Our story “Holiday of Terror” continues as they commandeer the space freighter that the Pirates left behind to go after the pirates before they can escape. Paroling space in the area of Venus the Space Cadets are unable to find the Pirates trail. Finally Tom concludes that the Pirates took off toward space as a ruse but actually doubled back to Venus where their hideout is.

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Venus celebrates its 100 years of independence and the space cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are on a weeks leave from the Space Academy and are spending it at Astro’s uncle’s Gold mine located in Gold City, Venus. The cadets have borrowed a Jet Launch from Astro’s family and after crossing the Venusian jungle land near Gold City and find the town completely deserted.

During their search of the deserted town they check Astro’s Uncle’s shop and discover the body of Astro’s Uncle’s partner Peter Abbott. Now very worried the cadets return to their Jet Launch and take off to investigate the gold mines near Gold City.

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Captain Powers, aboard a rocket scout, is on patrol as the Sector 7 Comet Watch. Captain Powers in his last report stated he had seen a strange comet that was on fire. Now Captain Powers is 24 hours past due reporting in. Captain Strong and the Polaris crew are ordered to investigate.

The Polaris crew find the rocket scout drifting in space with Captain Powers and his son Jody Powers aboard. Captain Powers is found unconscious from a fever. Young Jody Powers can provide no help as to why his father is ill. He found him that way when he woke up 2 days ago.

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The Rocket Cruiser Toris from Titan is transporting 50 children from the Titan Colony to protect them from the disease outbreak at Titan Colony. Missing a routine position check a Disaster Alert is broadcast putting into motion a large scale search for the Rocket Cruiser Toris from Titan. It is presumed to be stricken with the Titan disease.

Despite Tom Corbett’s recent bout with the Titan disease Captain Strong convinces Commander Arkwright to allow
Tom to come along on the Rocket Cruiser Polaris to search for the Rocket Cruiser Toris and the missing children.

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Solar Guard, Space Academy Cadets, Tom Corbett and Roger Manning are both campaigning for President of the Cadet Council. Before the elections can be announced an epidemic of unknown origin breaks out on Titan Colony. Commander Arkwright orders all Cadet Units to assist in the evacuation of Titan.

Captain Strong, Officer-in-Charge of the Polaris Unit, along with Tom, Roger and Astro blast off in the Rocket Cruiser Polaris to the Titan Colony to help evacuate the children. Rogers first thoughts are of a girl he knows on Titan but Captain Strong warns the Cadets that a quarintine is in effect and no one will be allowed to leave the ship.

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In Part 1 of The Giants of Mercury the Cadets were en route to Astro’s home world of Venus for some well deserved shore leave when Lieutenant Commander Burke of the Solar Guard’s Venus Port orders the cadets shore leave cancelled and diverts them to a Mercury Base to investigate a possible outbreak of Zero “A” Fever.

After Commander Burke back on Venus receives the Cadets request for additional forces, Burke didn’t believe them and instead of sending reinforcements and weapons he sends medics including a Dr. Ashton and Nurse Leslie Everett to Mercury in an unarmed Space Freighter because he didn’t believe their story of a giant man believing they have gone Zero “A.”

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While en route to Astro’s home world of Venus, and some well deserved shore leave, Lieutenant Commander Burke of the Solar Guard’s Venus Port orders the cadets shore leave canceled and diverts them to the Mercury Base to investigate a possible outbreak of Zero “A” Fever.

The Cadets learn that there are two teams of government scientist who have been operating diggers on Mercury’s hot side on a Top Secret mission. The teams twilight zone base operator had been keeping constant contact with the Solar Guard but during his last transmission it ended abruptly and all contact has been lost.

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From Part 1 we learned that Dr. Dale and Roger Manning have disappeared while investigating a rare ore from Asteroid 2049 which was a Polaris Unit class room labortory assignment. During the experiment an accidental mixing of elements caused an explosion proving the ore to be a new source of fuel.

Roger and Dr. Dale are sent to Asteroid 2049 to conduct experiments but disappear and can not be reached. Captain Strong, Tom and Astro depart for Asteroid 2049 investigate. They find Rocket Scout 9J and board the Rocket Scout but there is no one aboard. We last heard that Tom and Astro are trapped aboard Rocket Scout 9J and manage to escape before it blows up.

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Whatever Became Of Your Favorite Classic Space Travel Actor

Have you ever wondered “Whatever Became of…” someone who years ago was famous and you haven’t heard of them in years? Here at Spacemen’s Luck I have wondered “Whatever Became of…” the many personalities who played Classic Space Travel characters that helped form my vision of Space Travel in the 1950′s and 1960′s.

Not being someone who is willing to wait for someone else to do it for me and after a search around the internet I found no single source discussing “Whatever Became of…” those Classic Space Travelers.

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