Space Squadron #4

From Atlas Comics in 1951 comes this thrilling entry in Space Squadron, with a cover by Werner Roth that wastes no time putting the stakes on full display — a colossal serpentine alien creature looms over a rocky alien landscape, its clawed limbs and forked tongue menacing a group of space-suited figures scrambling desperately below, while sleek spacecraft streak across a star-filled sky. The bold cover copy promises "Tales of the Weird Future" with the Squadron trapped by the deadliest killers in the universe, and Roth's confident linework delivers exactly that sense of wide-eyed cosmic dread. If 1951 sci-fi adventure with genuine pulp energy is your thing, this one earns its ten-cent cover price.