Blue Beetle #19

This Charlton-era entry in the long-running Blue Beetle series puts the "World's Mightiest Crusader" front and center — literally — as the blue-suited hero charges fist-first through a scene of explosive chaos, with debris flying and what appears to be a massive, looming threat bearing down from above. The cover's bold tagline, "Crime Can't Win Against the Blue Beetle," sets a confident, no-nonsense tone that fans of punchy 1943 superhero action will find hard to resist. At just ten cents, this was an affordable dose of high-energy heroics that delivered its promise right on the cover.