Strange Adventures #74

Strange Adventures #74 delivers a genuinely unsettling sci-fi premise right on its cover: a patient tells his doctor he can't see the eye chart because a strange creature is standing in front of it — and sure enough, a gaunt, wide-eyed alien from Dimension X looms in plain sight, invisible to everyone but us. Ruben Moreira's cover art captures that perfect 1956 blend of clinical everyday setting and creeping otherworldly dread, with the oblivious doctor and anxious patient anchoring the scene while the invader stands brazenly between them. As a bonus, this issue also includes details and an entry blank for DC's Giant $5,000 Prize Contest — reason enough to pick it up even before you dive into John Broome and Carmine Infantino's story inside.