Comic Title: Tales of the Unexpected #45
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1960
On Sale Date: November 17, 1959 Copyright Date November 17, 1959
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Army of Interplanetary Beasts"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Space Ranger

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted In:
DC Super Stars #4 (1976)

Feature Character(s)

• Space Ranger (last appearance in Tales of the Unexpected #44; next appearance in Tales of the Unexpected #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Myra Mason (last appearance in Tales of the Unexpected #44; next appearance in Tales of the Unexpected #46)
• Cryll (last appearance in Tales of the Unexpected #44; next appearance in Tales of the Unexpected #46)

Villain(s)

• Zakk Tor and his partner (an alien beast; no further appearances)
• Various creatures of his beast army (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A strange robbery is pulled on Earth where interplanetary creatures act as a specialized unit to steal their loot. Space Ranger remembers a similar robbery recently on Venus and is able to determine the ship from which they came.

Tracking the ship Space Ranger and Cryll encounter the beast army on Mars. The beasts complete their robbery and escape, but Cryll replaces one of the animals. Cryll summons Space Ranger, who then uses a device to disrupt the vibrations used by the crooks to control the beasts. With the army dispersed, Space Ranger captures the bandits.