Police Comics #43

Few comic covers from 1945 capture pure visual wit quite like this one — Plastic Man's enormous, goggle-wearing face dominates the vivid red background while five different comical disembodied heads spin in orbit around him, perfectly selling the shapeshifting absurdity that makes the character so much fun. The cover blurb teases that Plastic Man finds "the Arctic a pretty HOT place," hinting at the chilly setting of the "Arctic Circle Adventure" inside. Jack Cole's clean, expressive linework — handling every aspect of the cover himself — keeps the whole wild composition effortlessly readable and genuinely charming.