Kid Komics #5

A wartime gem from 1944, this fifth issue of Kid Komics spotlights the Young Allies in full action on a wonderfully kinetic cover by Sol Brodsky — the gang swarms a labeled "Nazi Anti-Invasion Tank No. 13," with kids punching, leaping, and firing at enemy soldiers scrambling across the vehicle's hull amid bursts of flame and explosion. The sheer energy of a group of young heroes taking on a heavily armed tank captures exactly the scrappy, never-say-die spirit that made these Timely wartime comics so engaging. Inside, writer Otto Binder and artist Vince Alascia deliver "The Mad Fiend of Horror Castle" — a title that promises plenty of thrills well beyond the battlefield.