Space Adventures #56

In the 21st century, Earth has survived three devastating interplanetary wars and disarmed itself—only to face a catastrophic new threat when an aggressor uses a cold-ray device to freeze the entire planet's atmosphere solid. With Earth's population telepathically coordinated but trapped and weaponless, Space Captain Baxter and Nelda must lead a desperate counterattack against the invaders circling the globe, racing against time before the frozen air becomes a tomb. As the battle unfolds, an ironic advantage emerges that may be Earth's only chance at survival.

A stranded spaceman crashes on a barren world and spends three days wandering in delirium, tormented by mirages of cities, water, and fruit until he finally collapses—only to awaken in the care of Gini, a compassionate alien nurse who risks contamination to nurse him back to health. As he struggles to distinguish reality from hallucination, a surprising connection forms between the castaway and his rescuer that changes everything about what "alone" means.

An Earthman isolated in the outer reaches of space makes a desperate, seemingly suicidal stand against an entire enemy fleet—only to find himself captured and brought to the home planet of the female captain commanding those forces. Stranded with no way back to Earth, he discovers that the warrior women of this world see in him something they've lost to centuries of constant war, and a very different kind of conflict begins to take shape.