And this tale of the cadets' adventures is a story you've got to love, too. We mean, Space Pirates! Space Pirates! How cool can you get? There's an Energy Lock Formula that allows the Space Pirates (shiver me space-timbers, matey!) to rob spaceships at will. The Polaris crew must go underground to find the stolen formula. . . ! Neat stuff! Read it now!

Author Biography

Written by unknown authors, under the pseudonym Carey Rockwell, with Willy Ley as technical advisor. Based upon the Tom Corbett - Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Corbett, Astro, originally Roger Manning and later T.J. Thistle, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms and bunkrooms, aboard their training ship the rocket cruiser Polaris and on alien worlds, both within the solar system and in orbit around nearby stars.