Space Patrol — 1952

Lt Greyson, Commandant of the Mercury Patrol squadron, swears he saw a meteor disappear--not explode--somewhere between the orbit of Mercury and Venus, leaving no debris.

Professor Maleson's ship is shot down on the dark side of Mercury where temperatures fall below -122 F.

Freight and passenger ships operating among the outer planets of the Solar System are suffering an unusual series of accidents, which seem to coincide with the expansion into the area by the powerful Trans Orbit shipping line.

A brilliant scientist conceives a method of inflating atmosphere shells in space made of 'electroplast', but his jealous former colleague plans to sabotage the project.

The plans for a device designed to detect deeply buried mineral deposits are stolen from the Merritt Electronics vaults, apparently an inside job.

Extortionists threaten to poison hydroponics farms on Saturn and Venus. Corry tracks them down and a desperate chase across the Solar System ensues.

Space Patrol agents have collected evidence against the Saturn syndicate on a microfilm, but syndicate operatives manage to retrieve it, looking to secure it safely out of Patrol reach on an uncharted asteroid.

Atomic power plant entrepreneur Edward Stratton is being blackmailed by a former employee, the ruthless Elspeth Bennett, to provide her with plutonium illegally.

Corry's investigation of a scheme to pirate uranium mines on Titan involve him in a feud between a spaceport official and a crusty old space jockey - one of whom is behind the plot.