Four Color #24

A brawl breaks out on the deck of a sailing vessel in this 1942 Dell entry in the Four Color series, featuring the adventure strip hero Captain Easy. The cover, rendered by Roy Crane, puts the action front and center: a burly sailor swings a hatchet while a man in an orange shirt squares off against him, with two more rough-looking characters caught up in the melee behind them. At 68 pages of full color for just a dime, this is a generous helping of nautical action straight from one of the era's most energetic adventure comic talents.