Captain Marvel Jr. #43

Captain Marvel Jr. #43 from 1946 promises a wild urban adventure as "The World's Mightiest Boy" faces a charging rhinoceros right in the middle of Broadway — a giraffe and a fleeing figure visible in the chaotic city street behind him. The cover by Bud Thompson captures our blue-caped hero shielding a young woman from the thundering beast, city buildings looming in the background, conveying both the scale of the danger and CMJ's cool-headed courage. It's a wonderfully energetic Fawcett cover that makes "Beasts on Broadway" feel like exactly the kind of outlandish, fun-filled story that kept 1946 readers coming back for more.