Don Winslow #72

Charlton's naval adventure series is in fine form with this 1955 issue, as the cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia puts Don Winslow front and center — a sharp-jawed naval officer in crisp white uniform, pointing urgently toward a warplane streaking across a cloudy sky while crewmen and shipboard guns fill the deck behind him. The composition crackles with the kind of no-nonsense military tension that made this series a staple of mid-fifties adventure comics. With a story titled "The Perfect Disguise" waiting inside, there's clearly more to this mission than meets the eye.