Joe Palooka #94

A complete, self-contained story awaits in this 1956 Harvey issue, as the cover's tagline promises Joe smashing through to find a U.N. official at the center of a spy ring. Al Avison's cover art captures the tension vividly — a blond, bow-tied Joe squares off against a menacing man in a red shirt, while a turbaned figure crouches in the foreground amid shadowy, close-quarters danger. With over 60,000,000 readers following Joe Palooka's adventures, this cold-war-tinged thriller looks like a satisfying punch of mid-1950s comics excitement.