Exciting Comics #36

A striking 1944 wartime cover by Alex Schomburg puts the Black Terror and his young partner Tim front and center, crashing through an enemy fortification on a Pacific island as American soldiers advance behind them. Shells explode around the duo as they overturn a large gun emplacement, with a crate of poison gas shells visible in the foreground — a vivid reminder of the real-world stakes the story invokes. Schomburg's crisp linework and bold colors make this Pines publication a fine snapshot of superhero comics fully committed to the Allied war effort.