Modern Comics #89

The whole Blackhawk squadron beams with confidence from this September 1949 Quality Comics cover, their faces rising cheerfully from a giant globe as the teaser scroll promises that Blackhawk will upset "the deadly Feast of Jugar!" Reed Crandall's pencils and Chuck Cuidera's inks give the team — Blackhawk himself in his distinctive blue cap front and center, flanked by his diverse, grinning crew including the comical Chop-Chop — a warm, almost triumphant energy that makes the coming danger feel entirely manageable. It's a charming, world-spanning image that captures exactly why this ensemble adventure series kept readers coming back month after month.