Space Adventures #28

This 1959 Charlton gem promises readers stories "ripped from tomorrow's headlines," and the cover — penciled by Bill Molno and inked by Vince Alascia — delivers on that cosmic intrigue immediately. A massive spacecraft labeled "S2" dominates the foreground, its crew visible in a domed cockpit, while red-suited figures on the hull scramble amid brilliant energy blasts and flying saucers streaking through a meteor-strewn void. The featured tale, "Moon Trap," along with a slate of additional stories written by Joe Gill and drawn by Matt Baker, makes this an action-packed package of golden-age sci-fi imagination at a dime a pop.