The first U.S. mission to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily, unknowingly bringing back a mysterious reptilian creature that rapidly grows to a monstrous size.
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, three spaceships are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella.
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by a Quaker girl and finds himself having to choose between his world and hers.