#16 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger - Forbidden Moon: Chapter III

Agar forces Rocky to fly the Orbit Jet to the Forbidden Moon. On board are Winky, Vena, Bobby, Professor Newton, Yarra and three of Agar's henchmen. Rocky is able to alert the Secretary of their destination before the radio signal fades. Agar is in interested in a supply of the plants that grow there that can impart immunity to the fatal radiation that can be spread from one exposed person to another. Professor Newton finds the plants and sets up a serum production facility inside a cavern. Agar waits until enough serum has been amassed that he can start taking over other planets. But the Professor is tricky, he lets Agar take unrefined serum that is still toxic. Agar flees in the Orbit Jet with his henchmen, stranding the others on the Forbidden Planet with limit food and oxygen. The Professor realizes that they can let Earth authorities know of their presence by rigging a nuclear blast that will send out a distress signal of sorts. They rig three radiation packs on an outcrop rich with radioisotopes to trigger the detonation. The pulse of the explosion plume is seen and the Secretary races in a ship to rescue everyone. It is easy for them to catch the Orbit Jet as everyone aboard has been sickened by using the unrefined serum. Agar and company are arrested on the spot. Yarra is grateful for the Space Ranger's assistance in squelching this fiendish plot.

Richard Crane - Rocky Jones,
Scotty Beckett – Winky,
Sally Mansfield - Vena Ray,
Robert Lyden – Bobby,
Charles Meredith - Secretary of Space Drake,
Maurice Cass - Professor Newton,
Cliff Ferre – Marshall,
Dian Fauntelle – Yarra,
Vic Perrin – Agar,
Bill Radovich - Milo,
Lane Bradford - Landor,