Planets in Peril (Popular Library) CF#12

Planets in Peril
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2416)
“Captain Future plunges into the deadly abyss of an unknown dimension – to reach a dying universe” — cover
Visit from another universe
They were the first arrivals from the other side of the cosmos.
With the help of the Martian scientist Thrin, they had crossed the whirling black abyss of the fourth dimensional – a dimension that had never been reached before.
Now a man with skin of pure marble-white and a woman of unearthly beauty stood before the disbelieving eyes of Captain Future and the Futuremen. The strange couple stared back in awe and amazement – particularly at Captain Future.
“Here is the one,” the man said finally in his alien tongue. “He is the only one who can save us!”
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Outlaws of the Moon (Popular Library)

Outlaws of the Moon
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2399 pbk
“A corrupt scientist plots to invade the moon – and destroy Captain Future” — Cover
CAPTAIN FUTURE IS DEAD!
The sorrowful cry spread throughout the Solar System. Captain Future and his Futuremen had been missing for months. There was little hope that they’d ever be seen again…
A scheming scientist headed for the moon. Now was his chance to find the Futuremen’s hideaway and steal their highly guarded secrets, secrets that could control the Universe. No one could stop him — not even the sinister lunar creatures — now that Captain Future was dead!
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Outlaw World (Popular Library) CF#19

Outlaw World
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
126 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2376)
Cover: Frazetta
“A sinister super-being in a hidden world sets out to demolish the Solar System” — Cover
DREAD PERIL FROM BEYOND DEEP SPACE
Where are they from and what is their ultimate evil purpose?
A band of dread invaders, led by a ruthless genius, is overcoming the system, sapping it of radium – its most vital element – killing all who stand in the way. Captain Future must find their base – their Outlaw World – and crush their deadly plot. He is the last hope in a crumbling solar system.
Book Reviews:

  • World of IF. 19(8):147. October 1969. (L. del Rey)
  • Science Fiction Review. 35:38. Februry 1970. (C. Brandon) [full text]

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Kaldar, Mundo de Antares : La Saga de Merrick de la Tierra

Kaldar, Mundo de Antares. La Saga de Merrick de la Tierra (SM#1, SM#2, SM#3)

Translator: Pedro Cañas Navarro
Publisher: Costas de Carcosa
Date: noviembre 2018
Pagination: 198 p. ; 195×116 mm.
Series: Plateada
ISBN: 978-84-949604-0-6

Contents:
p. 7−16 Prólogo: El mundo del “destructor de mundos” / Javier Jiménez Barco
p. 19-84 Kaldar, mundo de Antares (Kaldar, World of Antares)
p. 85-143 Los hombres serpiente de Kaldar (The Snake-Men of Kaldar)
p. 145-196 El gran cerebro de Kaldar (The Great Brain of Kaldar)

Nueve científicos, astrónomos y astrofísicos, encuentran un método para viajar a estrellas lejanas, con el fin de investigar y descubrir otros mundos. Para ello y a través de un anuncio contactan con un aventurero, Stuart Merrick, que está decidido a embarcarse en este reto Allí encontrará a seres humanos pero también a otras razas humanoides y desconocidas.
A través de tres historias cortas desarrolla Edmond Hamilton, las aventuras de Stuart Merrick en un exótico planeta del sistema Antares.

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A comienzos de los años 30, justo al inicio de la edad dorada de Weird Tales, el joven autor Edmond Hamilton decidió probar suerte con el subgénero de planetas peligrosos y escribió, a la manera del John Carter de Marte de Edgar Rice Burroughs, tres novelas cortas consecutivas acerca de las aventuras de un terrícola en un exótico planeta del sistema Antares.

Galaxy Mission (Popular Library) CF#4

Galaxy Mission (The Triumph of Captain Future) (CF#4)
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2437) pbk
ELIXIR OF EVIL
They Called him the Life-Lord and the deadly milk-white elixir that his syndicate pushed was called Lifewater.
As promised, Lifewater brought youth to the old. Women who were losing their once cherished beauty, en who were losing their strength gave their life’s savings for a vial of the magic substance. What they did not know was that the powerful brew could cause sudden and violent death.
As the fatal youth epidemic spreads throughout the Solar System, Captain Future battles with time and danger to save his fellow beings from doom – only to find himself trapped in a master fiend’s plot to conquer the solar system.
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The Tenth Planet (Popular Library) CF#17

The Tenth Planet
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2445)
NOTE: not Hamilton (by Joseph Samachson)
“When Captain Future disappears, and an impostor takes over, the Solar System faces final doom …” — Cover
Captain Future meets Captain Future…
The two men stood facing each other.
One man was tall and impressive. His red hair, his self-assured manner, the global ring he wore on his finger, left no question in the minds of viewers that he was the man he said he was – the man known the Solar System over as Captain Future.
The other man was tall too, but fierce looking, with a wild black beard and a scarred face. They called him Blackbeard and believed he was a space pirate, although the main claimed he didn’t remember who he was. Not even he suspected that he might be the real Captain Future…
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Danger Planet (Popular Library) CF#18

Danger Planet
Author: Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton)
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2335)
Cover: Frazetta

“One strong man battling the galaxies of evil”-On cover
One million years back in the swirling, shrouded past, evil ultra-beings ruled the Planet Roo. Suddenly, unbelievably, they are alive again, threatening the universe with total destruction.
Only one man dares challenge the Evil Ones. He is Captain Future, inter-galactic agent of justice, whose identity is top secret, whose strength is ultimate. He sets out alone to stop the deathless menace creeping ever close…