Blackhawk #30

From Quality Comics' April 1950 issue, this cover by Bill Ward drops you right into a meteorite crisis, with Blackhawk himself front and center — uniformed, determined, and hefting a large rifle as colorful space fragments streak down from the sky. Behind him, fellow Blackhawks scramble across an open platform while a woman in a striking red dress braces against the chaos. The cover copy puts the stakes plainly: "Screaming out of the depths of space came fiery fragments of death — can even the Blackhawks turn back the menace of the meteors?" — a perfect ten-cent promise of thrills from one of 1950's most dependable adventure titles.