Captain Marvel Adventures #51

This page isn't the cover of Captain Marvel Adventures #51 — it's an interior Wheaties advertisement featuring a circus strongman, a ringmaster in a red coat and top hat, a clown, and a rearing spotted horse, all in service of General Mills' "Breakfast of Champions" campaign. The ad's cheerful big-top artwork, credited to "In Allen," has a warm, cartoonish charm that fits right alongside the superhero fare of 1946 Fawcett comics. It's a fun snapshot of mid-century comic book advertising, where even the breaks between stories had personality to spare.