Rip Hunter... Time Master #21

Time travel gets delightfully complicated in Rip Hunter… Time Master #21, as the cover by Bill Ely drops Rip squarely into "The Beauty Contest of the Ages" — a contest that has Helen of Troy and Cleopatra trading sharp barbs while a elegantly gowned contestant stands between them. Rip himself looks on from the crowd, pleading for the feuding historical beauties to stop their bickering before it spells his doom. It's a wonderfully inventive premise that shows why DC's 1964 time-travel series had such a knack for mixing history, humor, and adventure in one eye-catching package.