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"Alien Invasion Foiled Again" is a 20th century short story featuring Captain Proton, part of the literature of the fictional science fiction series The Adventures of Captain Proton.

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The story was published in the Captain Proton paperback magazine series. In the story, Proton commanded a battlecruiser repelling an invading fleet. At one point, the cruiser accelerated to warp speed.

In the year 1939, Dirk Renschenhammer, a.k.a. "Dr. Dirk" wrote a letter to Captain Proton editor D.W. "Prof" Smith about the story, complaining that it described sound propagating through the vacuum of space and it featured the impossibility of traveling faster than light. (ST - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth short story: "Letters to Captain Proton")

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The Adventures of Captain Proton (in-universe)
Episodes Chapter 1: "The Space Vortex of Doom" • Chapter 2: "Death of the Patrol" • Chapter 9: "The Curse of the Astro-Mummy's Tomb" • Chapter 16: "Spell of the Spider" • Chapter 18: "Bride of Chaotica" • Chapter 37: "The Web of Pain" • "Captain Proton versus the Cosmic Creature" • "TWOC" • "Mines of Mercury" • "The Iron Fist" • "Chaotica's Legacy" • "Earth in Peril" • "Proton Strikes Back" • "Fall of Thyrion Six" • "Queen Arachnia Pt. 1" • "Queen Arachnia Pt. 2" • "The Phantom Wedding" • "Chaotica's Revenge" • "A Hero Falls" • "The Way And The Light" • "The Legion of Death" • "Unto the Breach Pt 1" • "Unto the Breach Pt 2" • "Timelines" • "Chaotica's Triumph" • "Where's Proton?" • "Fall From Power" • "Winter's Call" • "Evil Times Three" • "The Ultimate Price" • "Specters of Days Past" • "The Final Showdown" • Final chapter: "Satan's Robot Conquers the World"
Movies and radio plays The Bride of ChaoticaCaptain Proton and the Orb of BajorCaptain Proton vs. The RoboZombies
Serials Captain Proton and the Court of Cydonia
Novellas Captain Proton and Chaotica's Ray of DoomChildren of the GlassCaptain Proton's Adventure at Alpha Centauri
Short stories "Scream and Scream Again" • "The Forgotten and Lost Race" • "Captain Proton and the Sandmen of Mercury" • "Captain Proton and the Caverns of Doom" • "Captain Proton versus the Moon Men" • "Alien Invasion Foiled Again!" • "Baby Turns Six" • "The Difficulties of Being Evil" • "Kill Captain Proton!"
Articles "Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth" ("The City of the Future" • "Letters to Captain Proton" • "The Planets of the Future")

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