Crack Comics #33

This Spring 1944 issue of Crack Comics puts Captain Triumph front and center — a confident, broad-shouldered hero in red and white — while a menacing clown lurks behind him, grabbing at his shoulder in a genuinely unsettling bit of Golden Age atmosphere. The cover announces that Captain Triumph battles the "Men of Darkness" in "The Strange Mission of Colonel Fishima," promising the kind of pulpy adventure that made Quality Comics a pleasure to follow. Alex Kotzky's crisp cover art gives the whole composition a striking energy, pairing heroic confidence with just enough creepiness to make you want to turn the page.