Space Adventures #57

Space Adventures #57 The issue contains two stories. "The Spellcasters" features an unseen alien entity confronting humans on an alien world, warning them that unsmiling observers have spotted Earth's dwellers and threatening to silence laughter and steal Earth's beauty. A man of violence is removed by violence as the aliens make good on their threats. In the second story, space marshal Martin Weaver leads a battle against an intruder spacecraft attacking Earth's forces, while on the planet surface, a ditro named Captain Shaw refuses to surrender and plots with other unit captains to prevent the enemy from destroying Government City and Earth itself, ultimately confronting the alien threat despite government orders to the contrary.