Venus #10

From the golden age of Marvel's science-fantasy publishing comes this 1950 gem — 52 big pages of unusual adventures headlined by three stories including "Trapped on the Moon!," "The Son of Satan!," and "The Plot That Failed!" The cover, inked by Christopher Rule over Werner Roth's artwork, plunges readers into a tense lunar scene: a blonde woman in a flowing red dress — Venus herself — reaches urgently toward a fallen spaceman in a helmet and armored suit, their speech balloons crackling with desperate drama while a sleek rocket ship streaks past a looming pink moon overhead. Coiling serpents and a menacing green dragon-creature lurk in the alien landscape around them, making this cover a vivid snapshot of the wildly imaginative sci-fi horror blend that made this series such a compelling read in 1950.