Captain Marvel Adventures #79

From Fawcett's December 1947 lineup comes this cheerful number, with cover art by C. C. Beck showing the red-and-gold Captain Marvel standing alongside a scraggly, wild-eyed older man who's striking a theatrical pose — clearly meant to be the self-proclaimed "World's Worst Actor" teased in the cover's corner box. The two make a wonderfully odd pair against a glowing circular backdrop, with Marvel's arm draped around his unlikely companion in what looks more like bemused companionship than heroics. Written by Otto Binder with interior art by Pete Costanza, this issue pairs that comic-tinged cover promise with the intriguingly titled story "The Talking Tiger" — a fine slice of the imaginative, good-humored adventure that made Captain Marvel Adventures the best-selling comic of its era.