Exciting Comics #33

Alex Schomburg's cover for this June 1944 issue captures the Black Terror — skull-emblazoned costume, red cape billowing — launching himself fist-first into a crowd of Nazi soldiers while a swastika flag looms in the background and a bound companion struggles nearby. It's a vivid piece of wartime patriotism, complete with a "Buy War Bonds and Stamps for Victory!" reminder tucked into the corner. Inside, Ed Moritz brings the action to the page with "The Case of the Flying Radio Bombs," promising the kind of high-stakes adventure that made the Black Terror, billed here as the "Nemesis of Crime," one of Pines' most compelling heroes of the era.