Mystery in Space #25 is an issue of the series Mystery in Space (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1955.
Synopsis for "Station MARS on the Air"
A Martian envoy to Earth flies through an ion storm and finds human civilisation destroyed. When they return to Mars, they see humanity's buildings and realise there must be a time-warp between the planets. Humans are initially hostile, but the scientist Professor Benson and his assistant Willis invent a telepathy machine to communicate with them. The Martians tell them of the epicentre of the disaster, which turns out to be Benson's own lab, and they stop a dangerous chemical from expanding before it can destroy all life.
Appearing in "Station MARS on the Air"
Characters:
- Martians
- Ag-Var
- Bu-Marn
- Professor Benton
- Willis
Locations:
- 1955 (1975 in the reprint)
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Vehicles:
- Martian spaceship
Concepts
Synopsis for "The First Interplanetary Fair"
In the year 3000, the people of Pluto are violent isolationists and plan to conquer the solar system. The Earth Intelligence Service has their agent Ry Zenar pretend to turn traitor and offer to trade security details at the first Interplanetary Fair.
Ry Zenar's main mission is to retrieve Kweet, a Plutonian whom wishes to defect from them. The two of them impersonate each other using skin pigmentation and Kweet is able to leave, but Ry has to fight his way out and is killed. Kweet successfully delivers Pluto's plans to Earth, preventing the war.
Appearing in "The First Interplanetary Fair"
Characters:
- Ry Zenar
- Plutonians
- Kweet
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Synopsis for "Rescue Squad of Tomorrow"
Aboard the rescue ship Polaris, Tom Clayton is a chef (a job which solely involves retrieving pills from a machine) and dreams of becoming an actual rescue operative one day. Over the course of a day, Tom is quizzed several times on what to do in an emergency, but fails simply because nobody's informed him of what technology the ship actually has.
Suddenly, the Polaris receives a destress call from Earth. The moon seems to be expanding and is going to explode, and none of the crew can figure out how to help except Tom, whose studies of primate pressure cookers allow him to know to dig trenches into the moon to reduce its pressure.
Appearing in "Rescue Squad of Tomorrow"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "The Explosive Man!"
Bert Brandon is given a paid vacation to the planet Geminius, but everywhere he visits suddenly explodes, resulting in him losing his job. He eventually realises the explosions are caused by bombs set off by a radio transceiver someone slipped into his glasses, and that all the places destroyed were insured by a man named Niles Kronos. Kronos tries to murder him, but Bert snuck into his apartment and planted a bomb in his gun that destroyed it as soon as he got close.
Appearing in "The Explosive Man!"
Characters:
- Interplanetary Insurance, Inc.
- Bert Brandon
- William J. Emory
- Geminians
- Niles Kronos
Locations:
- Capitol City
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Geminius
Items:
- Spectacles
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