Don Winslow of the Navy #38

Don Winslow of the Navy takes a dramatic detour from the seas to the slopes in this September 1946 Fawcett issue, with the cover promising "Don Winslow Climbs Mt. Everest!" Two figures in cold-weather gear scale a sheer rock face high above a snow-capped mountain range, one clinging to a rope mid-climb while the other reaches the ledge above — a tense, vertigo-inducing scene that makes it clear Navy man Winslow's adventures go well beyond the ocean. The issue also teases a three-part serial, "The American Returns!", giving readers two compelling reasons to pick this one up.