Strange Adventures #80

A high-stakes card game with cosmic consequences graces the cover of this May 1957 DC gem — a determined human player fans his hand triumphantly while a bald, large-domed alien opponent sits across the table, the wagered prizes laid out as illustrated cards labeled Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. The boast "I've got the best cards — four planets! I win the greatest prize in the universe — Formula X-Z-99!" sets a wonderfully pulpy science-fiction tone, rendered with sharp clarity by cover artist Gil Kane. Inside, writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino deliver "Mind Robbers of Venus!," making this a fine example of DC's imaginative late-1950s sci-fi anthology at its most entertaining.