Judge #2438

In "The New Calf," a 1928 issue of Judge, two couples plummet from a doomed airplane, their desperate final moments unfolding in a moment of dark, ironic urgency—where one wife urges her husband to fall faster, so the other couple won’t hit the ground first. Written, drawn, and inked by Crawford Young, this striking story captures a rare, chilling moment of human instinct in the face of disaster. The cover, by Guy Hoff, visually echoes the peril with a dramatic, high-stakes composition.