Blackhawk #89

Blackhawk #89 from Quality Comics pulls you straight into the action with a cover by Dick Dillin and Chuck Cuidera that's genuinely hard to look away from — Blackhawk himself clings dramatically to the ropes of a massive red hot-air balloon high above the clouds, his hawk-emblazoned uniform unmistakable, while sleek jet aircraft swarm around him and his teammates exchange fire from the balloon's gondola below. The story title "Ghost Raiders of the Sky" promises the kind of high-altitude adventure that made this series a standout in 1955, and the sheer chaos of jets, gunfire, and open sky on this cover delivers on that promise before you've even cracked the spine.