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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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Jan Merlin actor who played Roger Manning in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Space Travel Hero Role: Cadet Roger Manning of the Solar Guard’s Space Academy in the Television and Radio series “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet” 1950 – 1954. Fifty years after the series ended, he is still making personal appearances as a result of that role.

Space Travel Bio:
In the fall of 1950 he became the idol of millions of children when he won the role as Cadet Roger Manning in the Television series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet as a member of the elite Solar Guard, 400 years in the future. It is this role, especially to classic space travel enthusiasts for which this site is dedicated, and that of Lieutenant Colin Kirby, Confederate officer turned soldier of fortune, in the 1958 Television series “The Rough Riders,” he is most famous for.

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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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In part 1 of “The Mystery of the Sparkling Meteor” we learned that in Sector 7 a mysterious meteor that appears to be on fire has claimed the lives of 3 Solar guardsmen under questionable conditions over the past 15 years. Now a fourth Solar Guard Officer, Captain Powers, is unconscious from acute Gamma radiation fever.

Captain Strong and Dr. Dale have come to the conclusion that the source of the Gamma radiation and must be destroyed before anyone else is injured or worse.

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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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In Part One of “Double Cross in Space” Captain Strong and Tom Corbett were searching for the stolen and rare explosive N72C they discover that it was aboard the Venusian Colonizer Space Freightor Jenny Alden. In a more personal way it is even more tragic that Captain Strong and Tom Corbett learn that Cadet Roger Manning appears to be one of the thieves.

In todays episode we find it has been two weeks since the N72C explosive has been stolen and Roger Manning and Jonas Brady along with it. N72C is critical to the mining of uranium pitchblend which is necessary for creating the fuel for all the ships in the solar system. The Solar Guard has had to deacivate 35 ships due to the scareceness of fuel. If this goes on another two weeks there will be no Solar Guard ships left in space.

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Roger believes he has failed the mid-term finals and instead of waiting around to be dismissed from the Space Academy he takes off on his own. Later in Captain Strong’s office two asteroid miners, Brady and Peters overhear Tom Corbett tell Captain Strong that Roger failed the mid-term exam. Disbelieving Tom, Captain Strong pronounces that he does not believe it, that Roger is as good an Astrogator as he is.

Brady and Peters, having just received their blast-off permits, are in need of an Astrogator and decide to look Roger Manning up. Meanwhile Captain Strong informs Tom that Roger was not on the regular mid-term regular pass/fail list because he was on the honors list, having received the third highest score in the whole Space Academy.

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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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