Don Winslow of the Navy #22

The January 1945 cover of Don Winslow of the Navy #22 puts the action front and center — a determined soldier cocking his arm to hurl a grenade while a companion in flight gear races alongside brandishing a pistol, the two figures surging forward beneath a tropical palm canopy with shadowy figures lurking in the background. The cover teases that this issue sees Winslow playing "a daring game of intrigue and football," a tantalizing hook from Fawcett that blends wartime tension with something altogether unexpected. At a dime a copy in 1945, this was the kind of pulse-quickening adventure that kept readers coming back month after month.