Marvel Mystery Comics #71

An ancient Egyptian setting crackles with fiery energy on Alex Schomburg's cover for this 1946 issue, where a blazing, bird-like figure — wings spread wide in vivid red and orange flame — tears through a chaotic scene of struggling figures in pharaonic dress. A captive woman in white and an array of panicked, recoiling adversaries fill the foreground against a backdrop of hieroglyph-carved walls and distant pyramids. With interior art by Maurice Gutwirth and a story titled "Formula for Murder," this is a thrilling snapshot of Golden Age adventure at its most visually arresting.