Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers

Episode 1

Operation Decoy

Sat, Apr 18, 1953 30 mins

The Beta is dispatched to patrol an area from where a space pirate has been attacking spaceships in the shipping lanes.

Episode 2

The Case of the Invisible Saboteurs

Sat, Apr 25, 1953

The Beta crew's mission is to look into the mysterious loss of highly-confidential files.

Episode 3

The Planet of Ice

Sat, May 2, 1953

A mail ship is marooned after a forced emergency crash-landing on frigid Jupiter.

Episode 4

Whispers in the Mind

Sat, May 9, 1953

Two Rocket Rangers on a navigation project are exposed to erroneous information by a mind-control device.

Episode 5

The Crater of Peril

Sat, May 16, 1953

The Beta crew's mission is to search for radioactive materials within craters on the dark side of Earth's moon.

Episode 6

The Globe Men of Oma

Sat, May 23, 1953

Rod Brown and Frank Boyd are taken captive by the Omans while on a mission to locate a missing spaceship.

Episode 7

The Adventures of the Venusian Sea

Sat, May 30, 1953 30 mins

The Rocket Rangers encounter a huge octopus-like creature under the surface of the sea.

Episode 8

The Little Men of Mercury

Sat, Jun 6, 1953

The crew of the Beta visits a new planet inhabited by tiny humanoid beings.

Episode 9

World of the Doomed

Sat, Jun 13, 1953 30 mins

The mission of the crew of the Beta is to uncover a smuggling operation on a prison asteroid.

Episode 10

The Strangler Trees of Triton

Sat, Jun 20, 1953

The crew of the Beta rescues a stranded Rocket Ranger captain from a dangerous forest on Triton.

Episode 11

Stranger from Outer Space

Sat, Jun 27, 1953 30 mins

An alien robot manages to kidnap Rod Brown.

Episode 12

The Phantom Birds of Beloro

Sat, Jul 4, 1953 30 mins

Captain Boyd and Ranger Brown locate and rescue three old prospectors on Beloro from avian predators.

Episode 13

The Phantom Cloud of Calistro

Sat, Jul 11, 1953

Episode 14

The Suits of Peril

Sat, Jul 18, 1953

Episode 15

Apples of Eden

Sat, Jul 25, 1953

Episode 16

Space Bugs

Sat, Aug 1, 1953

Episode 17

The Martian Queen

Sat, Aug 8, 1953 30 mins

Episode 18

The Fire Demons of Deimos

Sat, Aug 15, 1953

Episode 19

The Big Hammer

Sat, Aug 22, 1953

Episode 20

The Volcanoes of Venus

Sat, Aug 29, 1953

Episode 21

The Death Ball

Sat, Sep 5, 1953

Episode 22

The Unseen Planet

Sat, Sep 12, 1953

Episode 23

The Madness from Space

Sat, Sep 19, 1953

Episode 24

The Looters of Leeron

Sat, Sep 26, 1953

A bogus gang of prospectors, smuggling radioactive materials from an unknown planet, capture Rod Brown to work in their secret mines.

Episode 25

The Octopus of Venus

Sat, Oct 3, 1953

The crew of the Beta, on a routine assignment to salvage a wrecked spaceship beneath the Venusian Sea, encounters a desperate criminal, a giant octopus and a treacherous arthropod on the ocean floor.

Episode 26

Colossus of Centauri

Sat, Oct 10, 1953

Rod Brown becomes the first earthling to reach beyond the outer limits of the Solar System and finds himself on a planet of giants.

Episode 27

The Lights from Luna

Sat, Oct 17, 1953

Rod Brown must destroy the enemy who has caused the destruction of Solar City and whose is now targeting the people of Earth.

Episode 28

The Twin Planet

Sat, Oct 24, 1953

The Rocket Rangers are assigned to investigate an 18th Century astronomer's theory that Earth is one of twin planets, and discover a primitive land akin to Manhattan Island before Columbus.

Episode 29

The Treasure of Tesoro

Sat, Oct 31, 1953

Captain Boyd and Ranger Brown are on assignment to guard the vast treasury vaults of Space Fortress Tesoro.

Episode 30

The Robot Robber of Deimos

Sat, Nov 7, 1953

The Rocket Rangers are called into action after a humanoid robot is used to rob a Martian bank.

Episode 31

The Magic Man of Mars

Sat, Nov 14, 1953

A carnival entertainer who specializes in magic has a more lucrative secret life as a space pirate.

Episode 32

The Stickman of Neptune

Sat, Nov 21, 1953

A stowaway aboard the Beta emerges to hijack the ship and steers a course towards Neptune and hoped-for hidden treasure.

Episode 33

Money-Makers of Juno

Sat, Nov 28, 1953

A gang of interplanetary counterfeiters who prey on credit unions manages to kidnap Commander Swift.

Episode 34

The Deep Sleep

Sat, Dec 5, 1953

A gang of interplanetary bank robbers uses an oxygen booster to render everyone asleep on Ganymede, and the Rocket Rangers set off to the Ganymedans' rescue.

Episode 35

The Cyclops of Themis

Sat, Dec 12, 1953

Episode 36

The Electric Men

Sat, Dec 19, 1953

Episode 37

The Copernicus Diamond

Sat, Dec 26, 1953

Episode 38

The Stone Men of Venus

Sat, Jan 2, 1954

Episode 39

Energy Eaters from Luna

Sat, Jan 9, 1954

Episode 40

Episode #1.40

Sat, Jan 16, 1954

Episode 41

Operation Dinosaur

Sat, Jan 23, 1954

Episode 42

Escape by Magic

Sat, Jan 30, 1954

Episode 43

The Invisible Force

Sat, Feb 6, 1954

Episode 44

Return of the Stickmen

Sat, Feb 13, 1954

Episode 45

The Fishman of the Venusian Sea

Sat, Feb 20, 1954

Episode 46

The Strong Man of Mayron

Sat, Feb 27, 1954 30 mins

Episode 47

The Eel of Iapetus

Sat, Mar 6, 1954

Episode 48

The Strange Men of Leefri

Sat, Mar 13, 1954

Episode 49

The Monkey That Couldn't Stop Growing

Sat, Mar 20, 1954

The planet Clavo's eccentric orbit brings it into our solar system.

Episode 50

The Plan of Planet H

Sat, Mar 27, 1954

The Rocket Rangers discover a plan by the inhabitants of the water Planet H to flood Earth.

Episode 51

Invasion from Dimension X

Sat, Apr 3, 1954 30 mins

Shadowy figures from another dimension confront the Rocket Rangers.

Episode 52

The Matter-Transfer Machine

Sat, Apr 10, 1954 30 mins

A criminal gang is using a matter-transporter to smuggle contraband isotopes away from Earth.

Episode 53

Terror in the Space Lighthouse

Sat, Apr 17, 1954

Two hardened inmates assemble a daring plan to escape from the isolated prison asteroid Hermes.

Episode 54

Assignment Danger

Sat, Apr 24, 1954

Adjutant Wilbur Wormser is rescued by what initially appears to be a kindly elderly woman after he encounters trouble on a routine passenger liner voyage to Venus.

Episode 55

Bird Girl of Venus

Sat, May 1, 1954

Archeological explorations on Venus lead to the discovery of a winged humanoid being.

Episode 56

The Exploding Man

Sat, May 8, 1954

Opportunists rush in to exploit the discovery of uranium on Ganymede, and the Rocket Rangers discover attempts at looting.

Episode 57

The Metal Eaters

Sat, May 15, 1954

Episode 58

The Man Who Was Radioactive

Sat, May 22, 1954

Episode 59

The Cobalt Bomb

Sat, May 29, 1954