"Bring Them Back Alive!"
*Exploring planet Taurus IV, which appears an undeveloped lush world, Koenig, Helena and Bergman discover a raised dias and a table laid with food. Investigating, Koenig too late realises the set-up may be a trap as shutters rise from the edges to encase them in a dome. With a violent shudder, the 'dome' blasts from the surface and gas floods in, knocking the Alphans unconscious. Recovering, they find themselves in a kind of interplanetary zoo with other diverse life forms: A sole humanoid called Kloors, light beings Kanta and Rega from Ixas, angel-like Silray and Cora from Alpha Centauri, primitive Kag and Zun, and the bizarre gelantinous Zustra who can subdivide like an amoeba. Kloors explains they are on some form of space ark which is collecting specimens, and that escape is impossible. After a shared meal, they are all escorted by huge humanoid robots to a gymnasium. There, Zustra confides in Koenig that it and the Ixasians have an escape plan but need help. Kanta and Rega flare nova-like to blind the robot which Koenig lures into the pool. Another Zustra which had been hiding opens the door for them, and Koenig, Kag and Silray are able to destroy more robots and gain access to the empty automated control room. Rega finds weapons but Kanta goes missing - apparently abducted. It would seem that their captor is one of their number, and in order to escape they must determine who it is...
Writer: Nicola Cuti
Art: John Byrne.
Colorist: Wendy Fiore.
"The Space Sirens"
*An Earth-type planet but with a thinner atmosphere could be colonised, but Helena is concerned about intoxication or hallucinations. An Eagle is launched to carry out a survey but on the jungle planet itself, they all hear a strange 'siren call' which Alan Carter succumbs to...
Art: Joe Staton.
Colorist: Wendy Fiore.
Cover: John Byrne.
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