Captain Marvel Adventures #140

From Fawcett's January 1953 lineup comes this striking issue of Captain Marvel Adventures, with cover art by C. C. Beck that practically leaps off the newsstands. The cover depicts Captain Marvel — shown in portrait in the upper corner — facing down a grotesque, yellow-skinned demon creature with pointed ears, fanged jaws, and a deeply unsettling grin, as the red-suited hero's fist comes swooping in with tremendous force. Three story blurbs promise a wild range of thrills inside: "Horror Stalks the Battlefield: The Mongol Blood Drinkers," "Weird Terror in the Swamps: The Hand of Horror," and "Peril Out of the Past: Viking Villainy" — a packed issue that showcases exactly why the Big Red Cheese was one of 1953's most versatile heroes.