Space Adventures #44

This 1962 Charlton gem packs three stories into one dime-priced package, headlined by "The Underdog," with covers penciled by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Bill Molno and inked by Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. The dynamic cover art shows a blue-suited figure streaking through the star-filled void alongside a spacecraft, with a fiery explosion erupting in the background — all the drama of outer space rendered in vivid early-'60s style. A inset panel teases menacing alien figures for "The Human Element," while the banner proudly introduces "The Mercury Man," making this an especially packed issue of Space Adventures.