Comic Title: Mystery in Space #24
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1955
On Sale Date: December 16, 1954 Copyright Date December 14, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date December 16, 1954
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V9 #10

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Hitchhiker of Space"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Space Cabbie

Writer: France E. Herron
Artist: Howard Sherman

Reprinted In:
From Beyond the Unknown #18 (1972)

Feature Character(s)

• Space Cabbie (last appearance in Mystery in Space #21; next appearance in Mystery in Space #26)

Villain(s)

• A group of Venusian bandits (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The crew of a martian rocket (no further appearances)
• Members of the Interplanetary Police (no further appearances)
• Several unnamed prisoners (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place on June 12th, 2154.

Synopsis:
Space Cabbie's taxi is stolen and found on Jupiter by the Interplanetary Police. He is stranded on Earth and unable to get to Jupiter to pick up the cab. He decides to stow away on a martian ship, but the crew finds him. Space Cabby is then put to work repairing the ship until it reaches Mars.

On Mars, Space Cabbie is assaulted and captured by a gang of Venusian bandits. They take him and other prisoners to their asteroid hideout to be used as slave labor. Space Cabbie engineers an escape and receives a reward for capturing the gang. However, the currency is only good on Venus, so he is stranded on an asteroid.

After a long wait, Space Cabbie finally flags down a passing rocket ship. He hitchhikes the rest of the way to Jupiter. When he arrives he learns that he left his identification papers on Earth. He finally manages to confirm his identity, so that authorities will release his cab without the papers. After the dilemma is solved, Space Cabbie institutes a policy to always pick up hitchhikers because he knows how they feel.