Nickel Comics #3

Nickel Comics #3 (June 1940) puts Bulletman front and center in one of the era's most arresting cover compositions — the silver-helmeted hero swooping in alongside a woman in black as a speeding red locomotive barrels toward them, the whole scene framed by the dramatic arc of a railway bridge. Jack Binder's cover art crackles with kinetic energy, capturing the split-second tension of a high-speed rescue on the rails. At just five cents and published every other Friday, this was pulp-era adventure at its most accessible and fun.