Characters
The lead characters in Star Rovers were three 22nd century adventurers, Homer Gint a novelist and sportsman, Karel Sorensen, a former Miss Solar System winner now a space-adventurer and playboy Rick Purvis. These three characters were not depicted as a team as such; instead, they would meet under varied circumstances, normally to vie for a prize or award, and encounter individual difficulties. The hook of most of the Star Rover stories was that each character would have a different viewpoint on the problem and come up with his or her own solution; sometimes none of them were right, sometimes they all were. Normally the characters would then have to get together and pool their experiences and resources to win the day, often saving Earth or some other planet or civilization as a result.
Sorensen is unusual in early 1960s comics as she is depicted as a strong, intelligent female on an equal footing with the male characters. Otherwise, there is little character development in the stories, with the exception of "Where Was I Born - Venus? Mars? Jupiter?", in Mystery in Space #77 (Aug. 1962), which gives some information on the Star Rovers' individual backgrounds.
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