Blackhawk #82

This November 1954 Quality Comics issue drops readers straight into aerial chaos, with a blue-uniformed figure grappling hand-to-hand atop a massive rocket-propelled red "giant kite" while explosions bloom in the sky around him and more kite-riders battle in the background below. The seven familiar faces of the Blackhawk squadron line the sides of the bold yellow logo, a reassuring reminder of the team waiting in the wings. Dick Dillin's pencils and Chuck Cuidera's inks make the story "Twenty-Four Hours to Doom" feel every bit as urgent as its title suggests.