Space Adventures #49

This January 1963 Charlton anthology delivers the cosmic tension that made Space Adventures a standout of the era. The cover, penciled by Charles Nicholas and inked by Vince Alascia, drops two suited astronauts into the star-filled void, face-to-face with a mysterious spherical machine — one of them gesturing in alarm while speech bubbles hint at an unsettling discovery just beyond that strange, cone-shaped craft. Inside, Joe Gill's story "Unknown Hero," illustrated by Bill Molno, promises the kind of imaginative sci-fi adventure that kept readers reaching for the next issue.