Mystery in Space #76

This 1962 DC gem puts Adam Strange in a razor-sharp dilemma right on the cover: flying horizontally with ray-gun in hand, he faces two identical green-suited, masked figures — and with only one blast left, he must choose which is the real threat before time runs out. The cover's speech balloons drive the tension beautifully, making the stakes impossible to ignore even before you crack the spine. Carmine Infantino's pencils and Murphy Anderson's inks deliver a crisp, dynamic composition that perfectly sets up the double-length thriller, "Challenge of the Rival Starman!