Issue 68


Part 68 (36 pp) Autumn 2025	Pages	CONTENTS - Part 68
	Front	Montage - the Selena adventure of Jeff Hawke, by Sidney Jordan
	2	"From the Editor", and a poster: "Strombecker and the Disney Connection" (full article on page 30.
	3-6	The Rotorcruiser Affair: a Dan Dare Story. As Dan Dare and crew chase after Rodregus and his gang, they run into a shoal of meteors, which Dan aovids by some quick piloting, but Rodregus doesn't. His ship is hit and damaged, .
	7-11	Lost in Space...and Time. Andrew Darlington provides for us a detailed and fascinating appreciation of illustrated stories of a number of space-faring characters, in the 1950s and !960s. they include "Space Family Rollinson" ("Knockout", 1962-1982). and several other obscure space heroes.
	11-17	Jeff Hawke in "Pass the Parcel" Part 6, by Sydney Jordan. Original monochrome colored by Martin Baines.
	18-19	Centre-spread: A poster for the Jeff Hawke story "Selena".
	20-21	Jeff Hawke in "Pass the Parcel" Part 6, Conclusion of story.
	22-25	Space Review, by Raymond Wright. The nature of matter is becoming more confusing. Are there dark-matter stars or not? The issue is still not settled, New light on the Ring Nebula, from a British telescope. SpaceX is re-focussing on the Moon. What of Elon Musk's Mars colony now? More new astronomical phenomena are described, including a good image of the interstellar-traveller 31/Atlas, by the ESA "JUIICE" probe, on its way to Jupiter and its moons.
	26-29	Kalgan The Golden. (Pt. 5) by E C Tubb, with artwork by Ron Turner, script adaptation by Philip Harbottle, and editing and layout by John Lawrence. The concluding episode of this story: In the tower, Karg becomes immortal and Kalgan achieves his heart's desire.
	30-34	In the years following the Second World War, the V2 rocket designed by Wernher von Braun led to many imaginative designs for human-carrying space rockets, satellites and space stations. the Stomberger company in the USA provided a number of plastic kits for building models of many of these designs. The Walt Disney company issued several illustrated books in their "Space Series" explaining and outlining the progress towards human activities in space.
	35	Space Humour: Earthward Bound An update from the Caseus Continuum: Sir Stilton Cheddar, having evaded death, continues his plan to rescue his fellow Earthman and garage mechanic from the scheming Selenites. Things don't turn out as he had hoped.
	Back	Some space fight concepts from the mid-20th century