Mystery in Space #109

Mystery in Space #109 brings DC's 1966 sci-fi anthology to vivid life with a cover by Bob Brown and Sal Trapani that practically leaps off the newsstand. Dominating the scene is Ultra the Multi-Alien — a patchwork being with a reptilian head, crustacean claws, and a turtle-shell torso — looming over a helmeted human figure while a swarm of small green aliens spills out of a shattered blue vessel. The cover promises "the weirdest war in the universe" in the story "Secret of the Sky God," making this a satisfying slice of the imaginative, anything-goes spirit that defined Silver Age space comics.