My Greatest Adventure #24

A colossal red alien menaces a city skyline on Nick Cardy's striking cover for this October 1958 DC anthology — military jets crumple in its grip, rockets streak upward from scrambling ground forces, and a lone parachutist dangles helplessly nearby. The featured story promises "We Battled the Space Giant!," while Jim Mooney's interior art brings another tale to life with "I Was the Robinson Crusoe of Space." If you're drawn to the era when extraterrestrial threats and human courage filled every page of DC's science-fiction anthologies, this is a fine example of the genre at full throttle.