Hugh Mason arrives on Mars with Peter Fresno. Mason is interested in the science of the mission. Fresno is looking for profit. They discover an ancient Martian city, and a museum left by the Martians. A talking statue in the museum telepathically warns the Earthmen of the red dust that destroyed the planet. The statue warns of Martian knowledge falling into the wrong hands. Fresno knocks out Mason and ties him up. Fresno then uses the machine to evolve exponentially. He tells Mason to return to Earth as an envoy, telling the people of Fresno’s plans to become Dictator of the World. A three-month deadline is given to Mason. Mason returns to Earth and informs the world of Fresno’s plans. It takes some convincing, but Mason is able to get the Earth to build a space navy to attack Fresno. Mason leads the attack, which is rebuffed by Fresno’s robot-manned spacecraft. On the ground, the human forces are battered by Fresno’s robotic army. Three years later, Mason returns with Linda to defeat Fresno. It is not stated what relationship she has with Mason. Mason defeats Fresno by setting off an explosion, but the shell-shocked Fresno re-enters the evolution accelerating machine. Linda and Mason cannot get into the machine. When they do, Fresno has evolved into a blob of goo.
Description Hugh Mason arrives on Mars with Peter Fresno. Mason is interested in the science of the mission. Fresno is looking for profit. They discover an ancient Martian city, and a museum left by the Martians. A talking statue in the museum telepathically warns the Earthmen of the red dust that destroyed the planet. The statue warns of Martian knowledge falling into the wrong hands. Fresno knocks out Mason and ties him up. Fresno then uses the machine to evolve exponentially. He tells Mason to return to Earth as an envoy, telling the people of Fresno’s plans to become Dictator of the World. A three-month deadline is given to Mason. Mason returns to Earth and informs the world of Fresno’s plans. It takes some convincing, but Mason is able to get the Earth to build a space navy to attack Fresno. Mason leads the attack, which is rebuffed by Fresno’s robot-manned spacecraft. On the ground, the human forces are battered by Fresno’s robotic army. Three years later, Mason returns with Linda to defeat Fresno. It is not stated what relationship she has with Mason. Mason defeats Fresno by setting off an explosion, but the shell-shocked Fresno re-enters the evolution accelerating machine. Linda and Mason cannot get into the machine. When they do, Fresno has evolved into a blob of goo.
