Captain Marvel Adventures #77

A wonderfully imaginative cover from Fawcett's October 1947 issue poses the question: "What are the true hidden desires of the World's Mightiest Mortal?" Captain Marvel is shown deep in thought, with dream-bubble vignettes swirling above him — in one he's trading punches with a masked villain, in another he's battling a blazing fire, and in a quieter moment he's simply relaxing in a hammock with a book, while a separate scene shows him watering a garden. C. C. Beck's crisp, clean linework gives the whole cover a charming, lighthearted warmth that perfectly suits a story titled "The Secret Life of Captain Marvel," written by Bill Woolfolk.