Miss Fury #5

Miss Fury is in full flight on this Fall 1944 cover — literally airborne in her sleek black cat suit, sword in hand, delivering a devastating kick to enemy soldiers as stolen U.S. Coastal Defense maps and gun emplacement documents scatter below. Alex Schomburg's cover art captures the wartime energy perfectly, with our masked heroine single-handedly dismantling a roomful of Axis troops amid bursting impact flashes and a barred dungeon window in the background. Tarpé Mills's creation shines here as one of comics' most dynamic heroines, and this tenth-of-a-dollar Fall issue makes a compelling case for her place at the forefront of 1944's superhero scene.