Space Adventures #46

Right at the height of the Space Race in 1962, this Charlton issue captures the era's anxious excitement perfectly — the cover by Bill Molno depicts a U.S. satellite bearing a star-and-bars emblem squaring off against a Soviet craft marked with a red star, both adrift in a star-filled void with planets looming in the distance. The banner headline "U.S. Satellite vs. Russia! Above the Iron Curtain" says everything about the cold-war tension that gripped the nation that year. Inside, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio brings the stories to life, including "The Message!" and a lunar tale promising that space adventure — and Cold War drama — awaits on every page.