Ed Pipkin

The Phantom Cadet Ed Pipkin

When space pirates murder his parents, Angus becomes driven by revenge, but how can a 14-year-old boy hope to succeed against aq band of bloodthirsty pirates? They would have killed him also had not the family robot saved hin by phase-shifting his father's spaceship to an unknown location in space, thinking that it was better to be lost than dead. Terrified by the thought of never finding his way home, Angus wanders from planet to planet not realizing that being lost in space was the best thing that could have happened to him. Finding and helping advanced civilizations, he acquires unbelievable powers that allow him to become a phantom, calling himself Cadet Magnum as he engages his vendetta against the pirates.