SOURCE: The Nemesis From Terra by Leigh Brackett (1961)

DESCRIPTION: "...His hair was blacker than his coverall, his skin hardly lighter. He was Terro-Mercuran, born and bred in the blazing, thundering valleys of the Twilight Belt, where legend had it that babies came with horns and tails, and with all the heart burned out of them with the heat..." (The Nemesis From Terra by Leigh Brackett)

NOTES: Leigh Brackett's Mercurans are basically humans who have adapted to the conditions on Mercury. They have black skin.

HISTORY: Brackett's Venusians, Martians, Terrans and Mercurans are all basically human with small differences, largely culture and skin color.

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