Strange Suspense Stories #58

This April 1962 Charlton anthology delivers an unsettling street encounter right on its cover: a grinning man in a purple coat stands face-to-face with a caped, blue-skinned alien whose bubble helmet and horned visage announce, "You are about to hear… The Voice of Venus," while a startled crowd behind them cries "Oh no!" — the glowing headlights of a car casting an eerie light over the whole scene. Cover pencils by Mobil and inks by Vince Alascia give the image a crisp, pulpy charm that feels perfectly at home in the strange-tales tradition of the era. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio bring their own brand of imaginative unease to "Cathy's Cat!" — making this a solid pick for fans of early-'60s sci-fi and suspense anthologies.