Captain Marvel Adventures #88

High atop a suspension bridge, Captain Marvel confronts a gun-toting villain in a green suit who's firing point-blank at the World's Mightiest Mortal — the burst of the shot crackling right at the hero's hand in a wonderfully tense C. C. Beck cover from 1948. The story banner promises Captain Marvel "fights against villainy" in "Billy Batson's Boyhood," setting an adventure-packed tone for the whole issue. As a bonus, a second feature spotlights Mr. Tawny the Talking Tiger, seen in a corner inset already conferring with Captain Marvel on some wild new problem.