Comic Title: From Beyond the Unknown #23
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1973
On Sale Date: April 10, 1973 Newsstand Date April 10, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #95

Copyright Date April 10, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "World of Doomed Spacemen"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Space Museum

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Reprinted From:
Strange Adventures #104 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Howard Parker (a visitor to the Space Museum; first appearance; next appearance in Strange Adventures #106)
• Tommy Parker (Howard's son; first appearance; next appearance in Strange Adventures #106)

Villain(s)

• Extar the robot (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tom Miller (commander of the Star-Gazer; no further appearances)
• The crew of the Star-Gazer (Rogers and Gibson named; no further appearances)
• The crews of two Earth ships (no further appearances)
• The people of Strykor (no further appearances)

Comments:
This is the first story to feature the Space Museum. It appears next in Strange Adventures #106.

Synopsis:
Howard Parker brings his son Tommy to the 25th Century wonder, the Space Museum. While touring the exhibit, Tommy asks about a pair of contact lenses. Howard tells the story behind the contacts to his son.

Tom Miller was the commander of the Star-Gazer, the first space ship to travel to the stars. When the ship goes missing, two other vessels are sent to find it. The two ships locate a habitable planet orbiting the sun Procyon. As the ships descend toward the planet, they are grabbed by a giant humanoid. The ships are set on the ground, and the giant is revealed to be Tom Miller.

Miller's crew has been captured by an evil robot named Extar. Miller was immune to the robot's power. He later found some alien devices on the planet including one that turned him into a giant. Miller realizes that his contact lenses protected him from the robot. He enlists the aid of the two ship crews to rescue his men. However, the robot adapts to the lenses and takes control of the two crews. Miller is able to use the size changing device on Extar, shrinking him to microscopic size. With the robot defeated, the captured men are released.