It Really Happened #9

In "The Little Boats," the newly elected mayor of New York City—once a police officer, a US General, a judge, and a prosecutor who took on "Murder, Inc."—faces a new kind of challenge in his first term. With Ken Battefield’s expressive art and Ed Hamilton’s crisp lettering, this 1947 story captures the weight of leadership in a city still rebuilding. The cover by Alex Schomburg, rendered in bold pencils and inks, hints at quiet tension beneath the urban skyline.