Mystery in Space #72

Mystery in Space #72 brings Adam Strange face-to-face with "The Multiple Menace Weapon!" — and the cover by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson captures the stakes perfectly, with a helmeted figure firing a futuristic pistol that erupts into a spiraling torrent of flame aimed squarely at Adam Strange, shown jet-packing through the sky above a sleek alien cityscape. The cover copy sets the scene with real drama, promising a journey across 25 trillion miles of space and 100,000 years of time to confront this deadly threat. Gardner Fox's script and Infantino's kinetic artwork made this 1961 DC title one of the sharpest science-fiction comics on the stands.