Strange Adventures #36

A gleaming yellow flying saucer hovers over a busy city street, while a red-suited figure leaps dramatically toward the craft as alien silhouettes peer out from its transparent dome — Murphy Anderson's cover perfectly captures that 1953 sense of wonder at what extraterrestrial visitors might make of our crowded, chaotic world. The cover tagline asks whether those otherworldly observers will view Earth as a "Grab-Bag Planet," a tantalizing question that gives this DC sci-fi anthology its irresistible hook. Strange Adventures was DC's premier showcase for imaginative speculative fiction, and this issue's blend of street-level urban detail and cosmic intrigue is a fine example of why the series kept readers coming back.