Star Trek #3

This 1968 Gold Key entry in the Star Trek series tackles a story titled "Invasion of the City Builders," and the cover sets an appropriately tense tone — a green-tinted photo of Spock looms large over a grid-like planetary display, while a smaller inset photograph below shows the Enterprise bridge crew at their stations. The cover copy promises "Automated Destroyers! Minutes to save a dying planet!" — high stakes that feel right at home in the classic television universe. Writer Dick Wood and artist/inker Alberto Giolitti bring their talents to this adventure, making it a fine snapshot of late-1960s licensed comics at their most earnest and entertaining.