Space Adventures #34

This Charlton anthology from 1960 packs three stories onto one eye-catching cover — a menacing, cloaked alien figure looming over a smaller human in the "Derelict of Doom" panel, Captain Atom streaking through space in his yellow suit along a rocket-fin blade, and a sleek spacecraft blazing past a glowing planet for "Insatiable Monster Planet." Cover art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and inkers Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani gives each panel its own distinct energy, making the whole thing feel like a Saturday-matinee triple feature. At a dime a copy, this issue — also featuring a Captain Atom story written by Joe Gill with Ditko art — represents Charlton's science-fiction storytelling at its most ambitious.