Captain Midnight #19

Captain Midnight streaks across this striking 1944 Fawcett cover in his red-and-blue flight suit, arms outstretched against an enormous clock face with the hands pointing straight to midnight — a striking visual declaration that doom is at hand for the Axis. A warplane silhouettes against the sky above, reinforcing the wartime stakes promised by the bold tagline "The Man and Hour of Doom — For the Axis!" Sheldon Moldoff's clean, dynamic linework gives the whole image a sense of velocity and purpose that perfectly captures the patriotic energy of Golden Age adventure comics.