Space Squadron #2

Set in "the year 2000," this early 1951 Marvel sci-fi title drops readers straight into a chaotic alien battlefield where a yellow-suited extraterrestrial menaces a woman he's snatched off the ground while armed humans rush in from the left, ray guns blazing amid rocket explosions and a sky lit orange with war. Werner Roth's cover linework crackles with energy — a looming alien spacecraft disgorges more suited figures on the right as the full-scale rocket fleet conflict unfolds in the distance. If pulpy, wide-screen space adventure set against "the breath-taking saga of the world of the future" sounds like your kind of ride, Space Squadron #2 delivers it with genuine 1951 flair.