Mystery in Space #53

DC's Mystery in Space #53 from 1959 throws Adam Strange right into the thick of a robot uprising — the cover by Gil Kane and Bernard Sachs captures him in his signature red-and-white costume, firing a ray blast at a massive green mechanical marauder whose enormous claw looms overhead, while a woman is trapped inside the robot's cockpit. The cover copy says it all: "The robots are revolting against human control!" — and the story inside, "Menace of the Robot Raiders!", promises the kind of imaginative sci-fi tension that made this series a standout of its era.