Strange Suspense Stories #77

This 1965 Charlton issue finds Captain Atom in dire straits right on the cover — clad in his yellow costume and radiating atomic energy, he's caught in a harrowing confrontation in the depths of space, his speech bubble grimly warning "I won't last...in another few seconds I'll be destroyed!" Steve Ditko's cover art crackles with kinetic tension, surrounding the hero with alien spacecraft and menacing figures pressing in from all sides. Inside, four stories await — including the featured "Silver Lady from Venus," "The Boy and the Stars," "An Ageless Weapon," and "The Space Prowlers" — all brought back by popular demand, making this a satisfying Charlton anthology with plenty of cosmic adventure to offer.