Pirates Comics #2

This Hillman Publication from May-June 1950 promises 52 pages of high-seas adventure featuring the most notorious buccaneers of the seas, and the cover by Mike Suchorsky sets the tone with thrilling immediacy. A menacing pirate in a sweeping red coat levels a pistol at two desperate men half-buried in a sandy pit beside a treasure chest, his skull-and-crossbones ship looming in the harbor behind him — the captive's plea, "Don't kill me!! I'll never tell a soul where the treasure is buried!!" practically leaps off the page. Artist John Prentice brings the same dramatic energy inside with "Cusack the Pirate," making this a genuinely gripping read for anyone who loves swashbuckling storytelling at its pulpy best.