Action Comics #105

In "They Wanted Wings!", Russ Bright’s groundbreaking mechanical wings take flight—literally—when a gang of convicts steal them and use the devices to escape prison by soaring over the walls. Zatara, ever the guardian of the impossible, tracks them down and uses his magic to transform their mechanical wings into something far more delicate: butterfly wings.

In "Truth Comes to Gila Gap!" from Action Comics #105 (1947), the lawless streets of Gila City are thrown into chaos as Scar Jameson's gang runs rampant with murder and robbery—until the mysterious Vigilante rides in to deliver his own harsh brand of justice. With no law to stop him and the town desperate, one man takes the law into his own hands in a story that’s equal parts frontier grit and early superhero grit.