Modern Comics #66

From the pages of what was formerly Military Comics, this October 1947 Quality Comics entry puts Blackhawk front and center — his confident, smiling face looming large above Blackhawk Island as a squadron of distinctive red-and-white fighter planes sweeps across the sky in tight formation. The cover promises action inside the "Fortress of Fiendish," and the aerial energy on display makes that threat feel immediate and exciting. A fine snapshot of postwar adventure comics at their most spirited.