“The Tenth Planet” by Brett Sterling. Popular Library 60-2445 (1969). Cover by Johnny Bruck. Vol. 17 in the Captain Future series.
This story by Brett Sterling (a pseudonym for Joseph Samachson), was originally published under the title “Days of Creation” in the Captain Future pulp magazine, Spring 1944.
“When Captain Future disappears, and an imposter takes over, the Solar System faces final doom . . .”
“The population explosion has reached a point of grave danger for the Solar System. The inhabitants of all nine planets, cramped together in layers of airless living quarters, are becoming ill. If something isn’t done, the species will soon die out!
“Captain Future has a solution. He has devised an ingenious means of building a new planet. His idea is hailed by the government and the people alike . . .
“Only one man secretly opposes the plan. Hartley Brooks, the corrupt interplanetary tycoon, has his own plans for a Solar System Empire. He must now see that Captain Future disappears – permanently . . .” [Prologue]
“The Tenth Planet” by Brett Sterling. Popular Library 60-2445 (1969). Cover by Johnny Bruck. Vol. 17 in the Captain Future series.
This story by Brett Sterling (a pseudonym for Joseph Samachson), was originally published under the title “Days of Creation” in the Captain Future pulp magazine, Spring 1944.
“When Captain Future disappears, and an imposter takes over, the Solar System faces final doom . . .”
“The population explosion has reached a point of grave danger for the Solar System. The inhabitants of all nine planets, cramped together in layers of airless living quarters, are becoming ill. If something isn’t done, the species will soon die out!
“Captain Future has a solution. He has devised an ingenious means of building a new planet. His idea is hailed by the government and the people alike . . .
“Only one man secretly opposes the plan. Hartley Brooks, the corrupt interplanetary tycoon, has his own plans for a Solar System Empire. He must now see that Captain Future disappears – permanently . . .” [Prologue]