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From the previous issue we arrive at part 2 of "Earth Shall Not Die!" - the reedited Major Matt Mason story by DC Comics' Denny O'Neil (writer) and Murphy Anderson (artist).
- Commander Glenn Merritt - (revised Major Matt Mason) - he's an astrophysicist that's given Space Fleet Commander rank to investigate destroyed spaceships and bases
- Sergeant Kevin Tempest - (revised Sgt. Storm) - Space Fleet non-com who's assigned to the mission
- Senator Archibald Beauregard - typical Southern skeptic politician and foil to the various Space Fleet programs
- Senator Woodrow - Space Fleet supporting politician
- Captain Quasar (K-way-zzr) - (revised combo of Capt Lazer and Scorpio) - Giant alien ally against his people's plans for conquest, former Captain of the Trogg Space Navy
- Troggs - aliens from the planet Trogg in the Beta-Centauri system out to conquer Earth
- Leader Ghorto - Trogg head honcho
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John's Notes
As previously mentioned, I believe the aliens were actually supposed to be giants and that Quasar is actually Capt. Lazer, merged a bit into Scorpio. I like that Denny O'Neil extrapolated the gun feature to make Quasar a gun-slinging sharp-shooter. I also love the way both Matt Mason and Sgt. Storm are rendered by Murphy Anderson - they show a lot of character. Of course the dialog is a bit dated, even by 60's/70's standards. Also the turnaround on the Troggs seemed a bit simplistic, but for an audience of 10 year-olds it probably read as awesome.
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