Captain Marvel Adventures #72

From Fawcett's self-proclaimed home of the "World's Mightiest Mortal," this May 1947 issue of Captain Marvel Adventures presents a cover by C. C. Beck that radiates pure kinetic energy — the Big Red Cheese himself streaks through the sky in a wide spiral arc, his red-and-gold costume vivid against a dramatic cityscape dominated by a towering skyscraper. The swirling speed trail behind Captain Marvel perfectly captures the exhilarating sense of flight that made this series such a beloved staple of 1940s comics. Inside, writer Bill Woolfolk and artist Pete Costanza deliver what promises to be a delightfully unexpected adventure, as the World's Mightiest Mortal apparently turns his attention to judging a dog show.