Space Adventures #56

This Charlton gem from 1964 presents "The Fishermen of Jupiter" across a striking split-cover layout: two space-suited astronauts recoil in alarm at a cluster of green, creature-like figures emerging before them, while above, a sleek aircraft designated E-180 crashes into churning waters amid cries of betrayal. Cover artist Dick Giordano packs the scene with genuine tension — the astronauts' wide-eyed reactions and the frantic dialogue balloons ("We've been betrayed!" / "Too late!") sell the peril without saying a word. Writer Joe Gill and artist Bill Molno round out the creative team on the interior, promising the kind of imaginative sci-fi storytelling that made Charlton's adventure titles a reliable thrill in the early 1960s.