Mary Marvel #3

Mary Marvel soars front and center on this vivid 1946 Fawcett cover, her red-and-gold costume gleaming as she glides confidently between two prop planes — a bright yellow aircraft above and a green one below — with young passengers clearly thrilled (or alarmed) by her aerial company. Jack Binder's cover art captures the sheer joy of flight and superheroic energy, making "the World's Mightiest Girl" look completely at home among the clouds and billowing smoke. With Otto Binder on writing duties and the promise of action-packed pages plus a short story, issue #3 is a charming snapshot of Fawcett's golden-age storytelling at its most spirited.