Comic Title: Mystery in Space #96
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1964
On Sale Date: October 22, 1964 Newsstand Date October 22, 1964
Source: House Ad, Strange Adventures #171, Page 22

Copyright Date October 22, 1964
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1964

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Mystery of the Million-Dollar Beasts"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Space Ranger

Writer: Dave Wood
Artist: Howard Purcell

Feature Character(s)

• Space Ranger (last appearance in Mystery in Space #95; next appearance in Mystery in Space #97)

Supporting Character(s)

• Cryll (last appearance in Mystery in Space #95; next appearance in Mystery in Space #97)
• Myra Mason (last appearance in Mystery in Space #94; next appearance in Mystery in Space #97)

Villain(s)

• A gang of poachers and two petty thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Toog-Rel (president of the Interplanetary Animal Preservation Society; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Space Ranger is contacted by the Interplanetary Animal Preservation Society to investigate the disappearance of several rare animals. Space Ranger locates the poachers, but they thieves escape. Cryll then goes undercover as a golden spider. The poachers steal him and take him to their hide-out where they are breeding the rare animals for profit. Cryll summons Space Ranger. Working together they apprehend the poachers and return the stolen animals to the preservations.