Space Adventures #16

This 1955 Charlton entry in the Space Adventures series spotlights Rocky Jones, Space Ranger — billed right on the cover as the star of "America's Top TV Space Show" — in a scene packed with urgent, kinetic energy. The cover, penciled by Ted Galindo and inked by Dick Giordano, captures three figures sprinting in alarm while a fourth scrambles on all fours in the foreground, all set against a dramatic cloud-filled sky that crackles with tension. With interior work by writer Joe Gill and artist Ted Galindo, "The Forbidden Frequency" promises the kind of fast-moving sci-fi action that made Rocky Jones a fixture for space-adventure fans on both the small screen and the comics page.