Strange Adventures #98

Space-age excitement fills every inch of Gil Kane's cover for this 1958 DC sci-fi anthology, as a green-suited astronaut clutches the hull of a ringed orbital station while mechanical alien craft with writhing tentacle-like arms close in from below — the featured story, "Attack on Fort Satellite!", promises exactly the kind of pulse-quickening threat the image delivers. Written by John Broome with interior art by Mike Sekowsky and Joe Giella, this issue captures the era's genuine wonder about humanity's fragile foothold in outer space. A fine snapshot of DC's science-fiction storytelling at its most imaginative.