Strange Suspense Stories #62

A colossal alien creature bites a U.S.A.-marked spacecraft clean in half against a star-filled void, while two horrified astronauts look on and cry out that Earth must be warned — it's a visceral snapshot of cosmic dread that Charlton Comics delivered so well in 1962. Dick Giordano's cover art sells the sheer scale of the menace with real confidence, making "The Beast from Taurus II" feel like a genuine threat to the entire solar neighborhood. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Rocco Mastroserio bring their own brand of eerie storytelling to round out this worthwhile issue of Strange Suspense Stories.