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26 Tom Swift and his Sonic Boom Trap (1965)
27 Tom Swift and his Subocean Geotron (1966)
28 Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet (1966)
29 Tom Swift and the Captive Planetoid (1967)
30 Tom Swift and his G-Force Inverter (1968)
31 Tom Swift and his Dyna-4 Capsule (1969)
32 Tom Swift and his Cosmotron Express (1970)
33 Tom Swift and the Galaxy Ghosts (1971)

THE NEW TOM SWIFT JR. ADVENTURES
ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES BREY
GROSSET & DUNLAP
© 1963 BY GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


CONTENTS
1 Explosion in Space
2 A Mysterious Gift
3 The Gate-Crasher
4 A Message in Space Code
5 The Invisible Barrier
6 Uncanny Noises
7 Chinatown Shadow
8 Missile Breakthrough
9 Disturbing Reports
10 Flying Silverware
11 Sky-Drop
12 The Black Spaceship
13 Enemy Stronghold
14 A Terrifying Ordeal
15 Down the Precipice!
16 Attack on Nestria
17 A Crucial Test
18 Flight for Life
19 The Cobra Strikes!
20 A Fiery Victory


CHAPTER I
EXPLOSION IN SPACE

"Outpost to Sky Queen. . . . Looks as if the storm on Venus is getting worse!"
The message came crackling through the predawn darkness to Tom Swift Jr.
aboard his Flying Lab as it cruised in the upper atmosphere.
"Can you make out any details through the space prober?" Tom radioed
back.
"Not too clearly, skipper," the Swifts' space-station radioman responded.
"The planet's cloud cover seems to be in a state of terrific upheaval."
Bud Barclay, copilot and close friend of Tom's, turned anxiously to the crew-