Space Mouse chases the kidnapper to a strange-looking city, where he discovers a ray machine projecting the atomic growth onto the Earth. However, while they are sleeping, Millie is kidnapped. After landing, they wander around the planet, not finding a soul. The hero takes Millie to the roof and shows her a new rocket ship that he has built, which they will take to Mars. Space Mouse believes that the whole Earth will be covered with the growth, choking off all forms of life. In this tale, Space Mouse and Millie notice a strange growth in the backyard and discover that it is being caused by an atomic ray from Mars. The last story in that first issue, "Atomic Attack!", appears to be the earliest chronological adventure of Space Mouse (the hero shows Millie a rocket ship which he has just built, which is the same rocket ship used in the previous stories). The hero then escorts the freed explorers back to Earth. Space Mouse discovers that the explorers have been turned into horses, but he is easily able to turn them back to normal with his ray gun. The hero short-circuits Electro with his ray gun, causing the cat to become frail. They are captured and imprisoned, but Space Mouse spots some loose wires and successfully blows a fuse. The duo try to sneak in, but Electro is watching. They soon learn that the entire city is covered with electrical wiring.
Next they are hit with sound waves, and need to pull out of range. As they approach the planet, Electro shoots bolts of lightning at them, to no effect. Space Mouse and his girlfriend Millie head off to Mercury in the hero's rocket ship. They will be held as slaves as a warning to the rest of Earth. He informs Space Mouse that a group of Earth's explorers had landed on Mercury, and have been captured and are being held prisoner. The introductory story of Space Mouse is entitled "The Great Electro!" A large, brutish cat named Electro calls Earth from Mercury. He appeared regularly in a number of Avon titles throughout 1953, then only sporadically from 1954 to around 1956. The original Space Mouse first appeared in Space Mouse #1, cover dated April 1953.
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