Writer: Otto Binder

Penciller: Howard Sherman

Inker: Howard Sherman

Synopsis: Space Cabby is driving fares around as usual when, after leaving Marsport to cruise for a fare, a voice from the back of his apparently empty cab asks to be taken to Titan, the moon of Saturn. The voice soon reveals itself as Vulga Vott, a Martian with a special suit that can turn him invisible for up to an hour. When they get to Mars, Vulga Vott turns invisible and leaves without paying, but before Space Cabby can catch him, he is hailed by someone else. Days later, Space Cabby hears news reports of someone robbing banks on the moons of Saturn and mysteriously disappearing. He correctly deduces that it's Vulga Vott, but when he tells the Interplanetary Police about Vott, they laugh at the idea of an invisible crook. Space Cabby decides to try to find him by himself. He learns that Vulga Vott had robbed banks on Titan, Tethys, Rhea, Phoebe, Mimas and Japetus, in that order. Space Cabby figures out the pattern and heads for the main bank on Hyperion, where Vulga Vott hails him immediately after robbing it. Vott recognizes him and realizes his patter has been figured out, but before he can kill Space Cabby, he's distracted by the sound of the cab's engines backfiring, which gives Space Cabby a chance to punch him out. Space Cabby drops him off at the nearest police station, and he takes the fare Vott owes him. The police then give him a reward as well, and he reveals that Vott's pattern had been to rob the moons of Saturn in reverse alphabetical order.

Notes: This is the first appearance of Space Cabby.

This story takes place in 2154.

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