Detective Comics #16

From June 1938, Detective Comics #16 puts you right in the middle of a high-speed pursuit, with a motorcycle cop leveling his revolver at a fleeing gunman whose hat goes flying as he leans out of a speeding black automobile. Creig Flessel's cover crackles with kinetic energy — the low angle and streaking lines make the road feel like it's rushing beneath you. Inside, "The Case of the Missing Corpse" promises exactly the kind of hard-boiled mystery that made this anthology series a staple of Depression-era newsstands.