Captain Midnight #63

Captain Midnight swoops across this May 1948 Fawcett cover in his signature red-and-blue costume, gliding low over a coastal battle scene where an armed figure atop a gun emplacement opens fire amid bursting explosions — with a propeller-driven aircraft streaking through the sky above. The cover blurb promises that the Sky Sovereign challenges the Raiders of Ramat, setting up a high-flying confrontation that captures everything thrilling about Golden Age adventure comics. At a dime a copy, issue #63 delivers the kind of bold, kinetic energy that made Captain Midnight a staple of 1948 newsstands.