Hit Comics #55

This November 1948 issue of Hit Comics sets up a tense showdown right on Pete Riss's cover, where the massively built Brute has Kid Eternity in a crushing grip while a robed, bald figure looms behind them and a whip-wielding man in yellow strides in from the right, rifle in hand. The cover copy says it all — "Brains Against Brawn" — and the odds stacked against Kid Eternity make it a genuinely compelling setup. With a still-generous 52 pages inside, Bill Woolfolk and Pete Riss deliver plenty of room for that promise to play out.