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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | $490.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1955-12-01 |
| 9.2 | $637.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1955-12-01 |
| RAW | $24.01 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1955-12-01 |
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Space Enemy Number One
The solar system is being menaced by Dinagren, a master of disguise who can impersonate any species. To identify him, Professor Avery presents the solar police with a brainwave scanner that he uses to identify human Harlow Prentice as Dinagren. Proclaiming his innocence, Harlow escapes from jail and reveals that Dinagren had impersonated Professor Avery.
| StoryTitle2 = Mystery of the Mind Reading Jewels | Synopsis2 = In 2540, a prospector on the asteroid Exmor discovered gemstones that allow the holder to read the minds of other people. He founded the Telegem Corporation and sold the eight stones he found to some of the richest people on Earth, though the holders must submit to constant government scrutiny.
Jon Whyte, a troubleshooter for the Telegem Corporation, is allowed to wear one of the telegems for the day and ends up catching a criminal with an illegal telegem since different holders can’t read each others thoughts. The government fears that they've been compromised by spies from the planet Komite in Galaxy XII and send Jon to Exmor to investigate.
The guards at the exit to the telegem mine wear telegems themselves to identify anyone holding one since they can’t read their thoughts, but by wearing a fake telegem Jon figures out a thief has been using a tape recorder to fake his thoughts.
| StoryTitle3 = The Robot Without a World | Synopsis3 = In the middle of space, Space Cabbie abruptly realises that there’s an android in the back of his cab who snuck in silently and doesn’t remember where he's from. Space Cabbie flies past several planets where robots are used for labor, hoping to jog the robot's memory.
When that fails, Space Cabbie chases up on a legend about a rogue planet inhabited solely by robots, but comes to find that the robots there have never seen organic life before and detain him as a robot needing repairs. Space Cabby is able to escape thanks to the android breaking him out. Soon after, Space Cabby finally finds the android's origin at a robot fair on Earth.
| StoryTitle4 = The Science-Fiction Story That Saved the Earth | Synopsis4 = Acclaimed sci-fi writer Ray Bradford (a pastiche of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury Ray Bradbury]) is challenged by astronomer Emmet Hamilton (a pastiche of Edmond Hamilton) to come up with a satisfactory conclusion to a story idea of his. In the story, Mercurians suck up chlorophyll from Earth to use as a weapon against their adversaries, who dwell on the side of Mercury always covered in shadows.
After coming up with a satisfactory conclusion, Bradford drives to Hamilton's house and is shocked to realise that the Mercurians are real and Hamilton had been covertly warning him. Bradford's solution is to lie that, since plants grow towards light, the chlorophyll would overrun the light side of the planet after being unleashed.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Solar Police * Harlow Prentice **Supporting Characters:** * Professor Ardrey **Antagonists:** * Dinagren **Other Characters:** * Martians) * Venusians **Locations:** * 22nd Century ** Earth City ** Mars (planet)) *** Marsopolis ** Callisto (moon)) **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * 26th Century **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Space Cabby) **Supporting Characters:** * An unnamed Robot **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * 22nd Century **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * Space Cab
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Emmett Hamilton * Ray Bradford **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * Mercurians **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Notes = * "Space-Enemy Number One!" is reprinted in Justice League of America Vol 1 92; the story shows blue-skinned, Martians with antenna; at this point of time Martians have no standard features. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: John Broome, John Broome, Otto Binder, Bill Finger
Interior art: Carmine Infantino, Sid Greene, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino
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