Space Busters #2

In "Victory on Valda," Captain Crockett and his crew face a tense standoff with the resistance fighters of the planetoid Valda, struggling to prove they’re not another occupying force like the Belzarians—until nurse Wing steps in to save Menso’s daughter Rada, sparking a fragile hope for trust.

In "Remember Makano," Captain Crockett commands a daring strike force to retaliate after the Utani ape-men, led by the traitor Senstral, devastate a remote outpost on Makano. With precision and resolve, Crockett’s platoon launches a brutal assault, dismantling the Utani barracks and destroying the Belzarian death ray tank corps.

In "Life in the Solar System," Mercury's scorching heat and Jupiter's freezing depths make them unlikely homes for life—yet Venus, with its surprisingly temperate zones, and Mars, with climates akin to Earth's sub-Arctic, hint at possibilities beyond our world.

In "Mission to Baldor!" from Space Busters #2 (1952), Captain Crockett teams up with Sabra, the fearless leader of a rebel force on the planetoid Baldor, to stand against the oppressive forces of Senstral and his Mashon troops. With courage and cunning, the two forge an unlikely alliance in a fight that could change the fate of the planetoid.

When a massive bat-shaped warship from Luna launches a sneak attack on Earth in 2103, Lieutenant Steve Halden and his fiancée Kara Lane find themselves caught in the middle of humanity's desperate defense—complicated by the troubled Captain Dane Bartok, whose apparent cowardice during the first engagement threatens to cost them everything. As the invaders return for a devastating second strike, Bartok gets a chance to prove himself, and the truth behind his mysterious breakdown begins to surface. A thrilling space adventure that reveals how personal tragedy and redemption can reshape a single moment of crisis.

In 1943, both the Russians and Western Allies race to reach Peenemünde, a Baltic fishing village where Nazi Germany is developing its devastating V-1 and V-2 weapons—whoever captures the site first could dominate post-war rocket research. The RAF bombs the facility in August 1943, but the Germans evacuate their scientists and equipment deeper into Bavaria before the Soviets arrive in May 1945. As the Allies push into Germany in spring 1945, the strategic prize of Peenemünde becomes the focus of an urgent military scramble.