Strange Adventures #224

Twenty-five trillion miles from Earth, Adam Strange faces a towering blue alien giant on Murphy Anderson's striking cover — the massive figure looms over a miniaturized Strange, who blazes through the air in his signature red-and-white costume and jetpack, energy crackling around him. The story promise of "The Weapon That Swallowed Men!" is written right there on the cover, and with a threat that literally dwarfs our hero, the tension feels immediate and genuinely imaginative. This 1970 DC gem captures everything that made the Adam Strange feature so appealing: far-flung science-fiction stakes paired with one resourceful spaceman standing against impossible odds.