Captain Marvel Adventures #52

From Fawcett's self-proclaimed "largest circulation of any comic magazine," this January 1946 issue pits the World's Mightiest Mortal against a truly outsized threat. The cover by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza makes the scale of the challenge immediately clear: Captain Marvel, red-suited and fists flying, lands a punch squarely on the nose of a bearded giant whose startled, wide-eyed face fills nearly the entire image — stars exploding from the impact. The cover banner promises "Capt. Marvel Battles the Giant Earth Dreamer," with interior script by Otto Binder and art by Beck and Costanza bringing "The Earth Dreamer!" to life.