Rip Hunter... Time Master #16

Three time-traveling adventurers in green jumpsuits scramble across a precarious rope bridge while a towering armored warrior — the Black Knight, broadsword raised high — looms over them, ready to bring the blade down. The cover's speech bubble spells out the stakes with refreshing directness: one more hack and Rip Hunter's crew is finished. Bill Ely's cover art for this October 1963 DC issue delivers a tense medieval standoff that sets the stage for "The Criminal League of Time," a story that promises history itself turned into a battleground.