Rip Hunter... Time Master #29

Gil Kane's cover for this December 1965 DC issue throws Rip Hunter into a genuinely nerve-wracking spot — trapped in a massive web high above a city skyline, crowbar in hand, facing down a monstrous giant spider while a companion calls out a warning from the safety of the Time Sphere. The story banner — "From Out of the Dim Past Comes… The Doom from Giant Valley!" — sets up a time-travel threat on a grand, creepy-crawly scale that writer George Kashdan and artist Bill Ely bring to life inside. For fans of Silver Age sci-fi adventure with a healthy dose of oversized-insect dread, this one delivers the goods.