Shazam! #27

Captain Marvel fights on two fronts at once on this lively cover by Ernie Chan and Kurt Schaffenberger — he's slugging a hulking Revolutionary War-era brute on his left while sending a colonial-costumed villain reeling on his right, all while the recognizable shape of the Liberty Bell looms behind him and the diminutive Dr. Sivana brandishes a ray gun at center. The cover copy spells out the stakes: Sivana has recruited villains from Revolutionary times to destroy Philadelphia, giving this 1977 DC TV Comic a wonderfully patriotic backdrop for the World's Mightiest Mortal. With E. Nelson Bridwell writing and Kurt Schaffenberger inking the interior, "Fear in Philadelphia!" promises a fun, fast-moving adventure worthy of its Saturday Morning Super-Star billing.