Spy Cases #7

From the cover by Joe Maneely, armed enemy soldiers on a dock platform gloat as a man plunges into churning water below, with a yellow submarine and onion-domed buildings looming in the background — all the tension of Cold War espionage distilled into a single gripping image. The left-side panels tease three separate stories, including "Fjords of Fear" featuring ace spy-fighter Doug Grant, "The Powder Keg," and "The Hidden Bomb," promising a full issue of globe-spanning intrigue. At ten cents in 1951, Spy Cases #7 delivers the kind of breathless, ripped-from-the-headlines adventure that made this era of comics so compelling.