Comic Title: Boy Commandos #28
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: May 28, 1948 Copyright Date May 26, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Zoo of the Future"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Boy Commandos (of Earth-2)

Writer: Don Cameron
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (last appearance in Detective Comics #137; next appearance in Boy Commandos #28)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in Detective Comics #136; next appearance in Boy Commandos #28)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in Detective Comics #136; next appearance in Boy Commandos #28)
• Tex (last appearance in Detective Comics #136; next appearance in Boy Commandos #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in Detective Comics #136; next appearance in Boy Commandos #28)

Villain(s)

• A race of intelligent ants (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Zotyl and the Science Council of 20,000 A.D. (no further appearances)
• A group of human slaves (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story may take place only in Rip Carter's dream.

One of the alien creatures in this story may have served as the inspiration for the Kryptonian Thought-Beast.

Synopsis:
Rip Carter and the Boy Commandos are contacted by Dr. Zotyl, a woman from 20,000 A.D. Using hypnosis, she brings the team to the future where they are enlisted to capture space animals for an interplanetary zoo. When they land on one far away planet ruled by ant creatures, Rip and the boys are turned into slaves. The team then organizes a revolt to overthrow the ants and escape. After successfully gathering many different alien animals, the Boy Commandos return to Earth and their own time period. The next morning Rip awakens wondering if the entire trip was only a dream.