Rip Hunter... Time Master #4

From DC's time-traveling adventure series comes this October 1961 issue featuring "The Bird-Men of 2,000 B.C.," with cover art by Nick Cardy. The cover pulls you right into the action: two fierce, winged humanoid creatures armed with ancient Babylonian weapons swoop down from above while Rip Hunter and his companions scramble for cover behind the gleaming, saucer-shaped Time Sphere. Cardy's dynamic composition — figures lunging, wings spread wide, weapons sparking — makes this a genuinely striking snapshot of the kind of across-the-ages danger that made this series so much fun for a dime.