Space Patrol Sticker Fun Book Published by World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd in 1965. Printed in the Netherlands ©MCMLXV by Wonderama Productions Ltd. Front Cover The book has two pages of coloured stickers, numbered by page and sequence. The seven outline illustrations (the centre 2 pages form one large picture) also have numbered areas the stickers are placed on, leaving the rest of the picture for a child to colour in. Page 1 IN GALASPHERE 347 The year is 2,100 A.D. Captain Larry Dart, chief of a Space Patrol crew, prepares for another journey in Galasphere 347, the craft in which Space Patrol travel from planet to planet in their constant vigil to preserve peace in space. With Captain Dart are Slim, the Venusian, and 'Mak', the elektran robot. Page 2 A TRIP TO OMEGA Colonel Reaburn (sic), Commander of Space Patrol, and Professor Haggarty, an Irish scientist, visit the asteroid Omega. Page 3 STRANGE COMPANIONS On another planet, Slim meets the Gabbler bird and encounters some peculiar plant creatures. Centre pages: A VISIT TO VENUS Galasphere 347 lands on Venus and its crew tour the planet on their peace-keeping mission. Page 6 SPACE CONTROL HEADQUARTERS At headquarters, Slim and Husky the Martian, riding on their hover-jets, meet Joe the Jovian from Jupiter. Page 7 MARLA AT WORK Another member of Space Patrol is Marla, Colonel Raeburn's secretary, who comes from Venus. Page 8 ON JUPITER Captain Larry Dart pays an official visit to Jupiter to inspect its transport control. Astro Viewer Working: • In our opinion, the cover is one of the most beautifully composed and illustrated artworks to be based on Space Patrol. • As with the publicity text for the robot (see Publicity Photos), 'Mak' is referred to as an 'elektran'. • The asteroid Omega is seen in the fourth TV Comic story. • The 'peculiar plant creatures' are quite obviously Duos from Uranus, and are depicted as being purple in colour. • As with the cover of the Colouring Book, Gabbler is shown to be reddish in colour. • Continuity with Venus is maintained, with a smoking volcano seen in the background. • However, the same image suggests Marla is part of the Galasphere 347 crew. • Husky and Slim are seen riding 'hover-jets' which are more reminiscent of the ones used by the Treens in Dan Dare, and as this predates the strip in The Beezer, this may have been the inspiration for a similar design used in the first story. • The final page, showing 'traffic control' on Jupiter, would appear to have nothing to do with the series at all, but could have been inspired by the Secret Weapon storybook. (Images reproduced with grateful thanks to Mick Hall & Matt Richardson)