Comic Title: Mystery in Space #66
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1961
On Sale Date: January 17, 1961 Copyright Date January 17, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and October
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Who Caught the Loborilla?"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Star Rovers

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Strange Adventures #232 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Star Rovers (Karel Sorensen, Rick Purvis, and Homer Glint; next appearance in Mystery in Space #69)

Other Character(s)

• The Loborilla (an alien hunter; no further appearances)

Comments:
This is the first appearance of the three adventurers known as the Star Rovers, although they do not officially use that name in this story.

Synopsis:
Three adventurers answer the challenge of capturing the Loborilla, an animal with features resembling both lobster and gorilla. The first adventurer, Karel Sorensen, travels to Zaddara, the planet where the beast was spotted. She relates her experience to the others, explaining that she captured the creature.

Her story is heard by Rick Purvis, another adventurer. He tells her that he witnessed her capture of the Loborilla, but the beast tricked her using a special form of camouflage to disguise a tree as itself. When Karel checks her cage again, she discovers only a tree, not the Loborilla. Purvis then claims to have captured the beast.

Homer Glint informs Purvis that his own story was flawed, because he witnessed the creature create a mental illusion to trick Purvis. When Purvis checks his cage, the illusion vanishes. Glint makes final claim of the prize creature and shows his own cage.

The creature breaks free and telepathically explains that even Glint failed. The Loborilla is intelligent and also a hunter. He actually captured Glintand returned with him. Proof of his tale is recorded on a special camera. He then disappears, thanking the adventurers for a unique experience.