Writer: Otto Binder

Penciller: Gil Kane

Inker: Bernard Sachs

Synopsis: Space Cabby cruises around for a fare and suddenly realizes that he has one, who has been silent since boarding the cab. The passenger tells Space Cabby that he doesn't remember where he was supposed to go and that he doesn't have any money. Space Cabby then discovers that his mysterious passenger is a robot and names a number of places and situations in which robots are used, but none of them trigger any memories for the robot. Space Cabby laments the fact that not only is the robot getting a very expensive ride for free, but he also needs to eat expensive fuel. Space Cabby then remembers talk of a world populated entirely by robots and brings his passenger there. His passenger is left alone, but the robots seize him as a criminal and declare him to be a defective robot in need of an overhaul. Before the robots can get around to doing anything to him, night falls and he's placed in a jail cell. Space Cabby's passenger rescues Space Cabby from the cell, telling him that he does not remember having lived there. Space Cabby offers to let the robot live with him on Earth until his home can be found, as thanks for saving his life. As they approach Earth, they see a billboard advertising a robot fair, and the robot remembers that he had been an exhibit there. Space Cabby returns him and is accused of stealing him, but when he sets the record straight, he receives a reward for the robot's return that more than pays for the robot's fare. Space Cabby then asks what kind of work that model of robot is built to do, and the robot's owner replies that it can do anything, including driving a space-taxi...an occupation Space Cabby recommends against, due to the trouble a space cabby routinely bothers with.

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