Captain Marvel Jr. #85

This May 1950 Fawcett issue delivers a genuinely fun cover by Kurt Schaffenberger, capturing Captain Marvel Jr. wide-eyed with amazement as a bespectacled high jumper clears the bar at an jaw-dropping height — the measuring pole visible on the cover puts the leap well beyond believable limits. Three onlookers at the base of the jump standard share Jr.'s disbelief, their stunned expressions selling the moment perfectly. Packed with 52 pages and teasing a story called "The Boy Who Wanted to Be Famous," this is a charming snapshot of Golden Age superhero comics at their most entertaining.