"Some people say Alexander Graham Bell wasn’t really the inventor of the telephone. Here is a story of the first man to reach Mars — and who, like Bell’s unknown rival, didn’t get the credit — until he came back from the dead!"

Today's story is "On Mars We Trod," a story written by Otto Binder and published in Issue 3 of Universe Science Fiction.

This story was published under the pen name Eando Binder, used at the time by Otto Binder. Otto shared the pen name with his brother, Earl Andrew Binder. Otto later went on to create Supergirl and wrote early issues of Captain America, among other contributions to the world of comics.

"On Mars We Trod" was published in Issue 3 of Universe Science Fiction. All issues of Universe Science Fiction are available on the Internet Archive at archive.org.