Don Winslow of the Navy #26

From Fawcett's May 1945 lineup comes this pulse-pounding issue of Don Winslow of the Navy, promising "Thrills and Chills with America's Most Fiendish Criminal — The Scorpion!" The cover puts that tension front and center: a Navy officer in blue uniform grapples mid-air with a green-clad adversary against a brick wall, both figures tumbling in a blur of smoke and urgency. With "Return of the Scorpion" as the featured story, this issue delivers exactly the kind of wartime action adventure that made Don Winslow a standout hero of the era.