Robert D. Buchanan and Jack Schleh

“ Scratch, like most cavemen, is sometimes a trifle slow at catching on. But when danger threatens, Bleep and Squeak can depend on quick action from Scratch and his trusty club...as they shall see.
So, here they are, three very strange companions—Colonel Bleep...of the future, Squeak...of the present, and Scratch...of the distant past. Together, they travel up, down, backwards or forwards, in distance or in time. Together, they face danger and death as they fight to maintain right and justice throughout the vast galaxies of the world. ”

“ Second, there is Scratch...an expert on the past, who, like other cavemen, should really have become extinct several thousand years ago. But Scratch fell asleep...and slept right through the evolution of man, and didn't wake up until that first atomic explosion...blew him right out of the past and...into the present. ”

“ It was, therefore, only a few days later that the giant telescope at Mount Palomar Observatory first gave news to people of Earth, of Colonel Bleep's approach. The powerful lenses focused on this curious visitor from the outer world, as he flashed past the planets Uranus and Neptune, and then rapidly spanned the empty space towards our own planet, Earth!
Actually, the people of Futura had only recently become interested in Earth. To Futurans, the Earth was only a small planet revolving around the minor sun of the Milky Way Galaxy, and hardly worth investigation, under ordinary circumstances. ”