Shazam! #6

There's something wonderfully warm about this 1973 cover, where Captain Marvel — the Original Captain Marvel, as DC proudly proclaims — sits in a chair reading a Shazam! comic book to two wide-eyed children gathered at his feet, a cozy scene that perfectly captures the character's wholesome, all-ages appeal. The playful meta-touch of the World's Mightiest Mortal holding his own comic is pure fun, rendered here by the cover team of C. C. Beck and Jack Adler. With interior work by writer Elliot S! Maggin and artist C. C. Beck, this issue delivers the cheerful, big-hearted spirit that made the Big Red Cheese a beloved figure for generations.