Mystery in Space #47

This October 1958 DC sci-fi anthology delivers a genuinely gripping premise right on its cover by Gil Kane: Earth itself is caught in a massive tug-of-war between fleets of spacecraft — sleek yellow alien ships pulling from one side while red Earth-ships strain from the other, smoke and exhaust trails wrapping around the globe. Two helmeted figures in the foreground urge their vessels on with the cry "Come on, Earth-ships! Pull! Pull!" making the stakes feel viscerally personal. With interior work by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky inked by Joe Giella, "Interplanetary Tug of War" is a fine example of late-'50s DC science fiction firing on all cylinders.