Modern Comics #57

This January 1947 Quality Comics entry finds two men locked in a mid-air brawl atop an open cockpit aircraft — a uniformed officer in blue throwing a punch at a leather-jacketed, green-scarved adversary while a second plane looms in the cloud-filled background. The sheer physicality of the scene, set thousands of feet above the ground, makes for a genuinely gripping cover, and with 60 pages packed inside for just a dime, there's no shortage of adventure waiting within. Formerly published as Military Comics, Modern Comics #57 shows the anthology hitting its stride with high-stakes action and sharp storytelling energy.