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(dramatic music)

- Okay, Venus?

- Okay, Steve.

- Right, let's go.

(engines whirring)

(rocket blasting)

(upbeat music)

(dramatic music)

- Control room to Block house?

Meteorite dispersal missile J-17 Warrior

ready for launch.

- Won't be long now, Matt.

- [Announcer] Zero minus four minutes.

- All systems set, Steve.

She's going to be successful.

- | sure hope so.

That belt of meteorites has got to be shifted.

- | knew, Steve.

They're a danger to every astronaut in that area.

- Demolition power ahead signals

are in order, lieutenant.

- How are the boys at the controls?

- Okay. | guess, Steve.

It's always a tense moment just before launching.

- [Announcer] Zero minus two minutes.

- If this operation is successful,

it will eliminate every meteorite in the belt.

(siren wailing)

- 60 seconds to zero.

- Stand by for lift off.

- All systems still check, Matt.

- G-17 Warrior looks good, Steve.

- [Announcer] Zero minus 30 seconds.

29, 28, 27, 26,

25, 24, 23, 22.

- Stand by the ignite missile head fuse.

- [Announcer] 19, 18, 17.

- Fire fuse!

- [Announcer] 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.

- The dispersal head has been activated.

- [Announcer] Nine, eight, seven.

- No hitches, Steve.

She's okay.

- [Announcer] Five, four, three, two, one, zero.

Ignition.

(rockets roaring)

- All systems go, go, go!

A-okay!

Well, it won't be long.

before those meteorites are finished.

- G-17 Warrior is out of our atmosphere.

(rocket blasts)

- Say Steve, what's this planet here?

- That's Rajusca, Venus.

- Because of the meteorites,

we have little knowledge of the planet.

- But we know that it's inhabited.

- Won't the dispersal head explosion affect the planet?

- Oh, by no means, Venus.

Rajusca's many miles from the blast and radiation area.

(dramatic music)

(gong chimes)

- A missile has been fired from earth.

Track it, Zodan.

- As you command, High Priest of Rajusca.

The missile is getting closer, Kazak.

(dramatic music)

(missile explodes)

- How dare the Earth men attempt

to put another sun in our sky.

There can only be one great light

in our solar system.

- The earth people also have a sun, Kazak.

- This | know, Zodan,

but it is not as great or as bright

as the mighty Miras.

Come, we will pray and ask Miras

what he would have us do.

(gong chiming)

See how Miras makes fire and smoke.

He is angry!

Our great god would have us avenge the evil earth men.

- It shall be done.

(gong chimes)

- [Wilbur] The meteorite dispersal bomb

has sure been a great success, Steve.

- Well, it's a relief for us astronauts, commander.

- Well, | wonder what mysteries await us out there.

- | guess we'll find out soon enough.

(soft music)

(gong chimes)

- Harnessed sun power, 20,000 dromas.

Speed, three million lumas.

Variation five planetons.

- Ready, Kazak.

Allowing 35 zimpons for distance.

Eject harnessed sun ray now!

(dramatic music)

(launch site exploding)

- What's happened, commander?

- A concentrated ray has hit the launching site, Steve.

Everything's destroyed!

(dramatic music)

- | have a fix on the ray source.

It came from the planet Rajusca.

- They must think that our dispersal bomb

is a threat to them.

- Guess we'd better get up there and put 'em straight.

- [Venus] Does anyone mind if | take Zoonie along?

- [Steve] Well, | guess not Venus, if you insist.

- Did you hear that Zoonie?

Now, | can teach you some more words.

- Welcome home.

- Oh, come on, follow me.

(rocket engine blasts)

- Lift off, A-okay.

You can relax, Venus.

You've got plenty of time to teach

your pooch some new words.

- Sure, Steve.

Guess, I'll go into the lounge.

Follow me, Zoonie.

Now, come on, Zoonie.

Wake up and pay attention.

- Welcome home.

- But Zoonie, you learned that months ago.

| want you to say,

"Howdy, folks!"

Now, follow what I'm saying.

Follow me.

- Our vertical take-off rocket and bomb

made a fine job of the meteorites, Matt.

- Yes, Steve.

We're flying through the area now,

and there's not a sign of them.

- [Steve] How's the radiation?

- Pretty strong, Steve,

but there's no danger of it penetrating Fireball's walls.

We're in orbit around, Rajusca now, Steve.

- Thanks, Matt.

Robertson central control.

- Roger, Steve.

Standby to detach nose cone.

And keep in touch, Steve.

- Let's get out our jet mobiles, Venus.

We've got to locate that ray.

- What's that building?

It looks like a temple of some sort.

Steve, there's a domed structure just over the horizon.

- Roger, Matt.

We'll check that out first.

Whew, it sure is hot, Venus.

- Yes, Steve, but it does make a change

from those cold planets we've been used to.

Look, there's the building the professor told us about.

- Yeah, well, let's take a closer look.

- Follow me.

- But where's Venus?

She's vanished.

(dramatic music)

- What do you want with me?

How did | get here?

- Miras, our great sun, demands a sacrifice

for your planet's evil.

You are that sacrifice.

You were blinded, momentarily, by the sun ray.

- What have you done with Steve?

Steve Zodiac.

- Do not rely on him to rescue you.

It will be impossible for him to enter the sun temple.

- Not a trace of her.

Maybe the professor saw what happened.

- | didn't see a thing, Steve.

| was blinded by the ray.

- [Steve] | must find Venus.

She may be in danger.

I'm going to head for the temple, Matt.

- Be careful, Steve.

- The Great Rod of Miras is now in line with its master.

See, the light shines high on the wall.

As the sun rises so the Rod of Miras swings,

and the burning kiss of our mighty god will draw closer.

- That sun is getting hotter and hotter.

Three hours to go before noon,

and it's like an oven down here already.

- Steve, Steve will guess I'm in here.

He must.

- Must be an entrance here somewhere.

| just don't figure it.

There's got to be a way in.

- Oh, Steve, Zoonie, where are you?

- Follow me.

Welcome home.

- Hey, where are you off to?

- Welcome home.

Follow me.

- Say Matt, what's gone wrong with this crazy creature?

- Steve, the Lazoon has a strange sense.

He can receive thought waves.

- [Steve] Of course, all the creatures of Colevio,

where Zoonie came from,

have this telepathic power.

- That's right, Steve.

He must've picked up Venus's thoughts.

- | sure hope so.

Okay, Zoonie, let's go.

- Oh hurry, Steve.

Zoonie, where are you?

- Follow me.

Follow me.

Follow me.

- What are you trying to tell me Lazoon?

What is it?

(Zoonie whimpers)

- The earth man is near the outside entrance, Kazak.

- [Kazak] He will never enter the temple alive.

(laughing maniacally)

- [Zoonie] Follow me.

- Why so much interest in that plant, Zoonie?

(Zoonie whimpers)

Let's take a look at it.

- [Zoonie] Follow me.

- Zodiac and his creature are in the temple, Kazak.

- Very well.

All is ready for them.

- Gee, it sure is dark in here.

What's wrong, Zoonie?

Why have you stopped?

(Zoonie whimpers)

The roof, it's coming down towards us!

It's going to crush us!

(trap snaps)

- Follow me.

Follow me.

(Zoonie whimpers)

- Roof has reached floor, Kazak.

- Good, return it to normal position.

We have nothing to fear from the earth man now.

We will watch the Great Miras devour his sacrifice.

(laughing maniacally)

It will not be long before Miras

has had his revenge on the earth woman.

She will soon be scorched by his powerful rays.

(dramatic music)

- Venus!

- No, Steve, not them, the console.

- Zodan, to the escape chamber.

Open the outer hatch.

- It will not work!

We are trapped!

- Quick Venus, make for that escape hatch

where Zoonie is standing!

- Follow me.

(building explodes)

- Here they come, Robert.

Standby to connect up.

- Still

more survive.

One, six, Zero green.

- | contacted the people of Rajusca

who inhabit the fertile part of the planet.

It appears that those two fiends were banished

to the desert because of their evil hocus pocus.

- Well, there's no need to worry about them

or their sun anymore.

Say, just look at Zoonie.

He sure proved a great help, eh Venus?

| guess he's not so dumb after all.

- Howdy, folks!

- No, no, Zoonie, not now.

It's the end.

~ 1 wish | was a space man J

~ The fastest guy alive

< I'd fly you round the universe in Fireball XL5 I

~ Way out in space together J

~ Conquerors of the sky

My heart would be a fireball

A fireball

f Every time | gazed into your starry eyes f

S We'd take the path to Jupiter

~ And maybe very soon J

¢ We'd cruise along the Milky Way ¢

¢ And land upon the moon J

¢ To a wonderland of stardust J

f We'll zoom away to Mars S

My heart would be a fireball

A fireball

~'Cause you would be my Venus of the stars