Star Spangled Comics #45

From June 1945, Star Spangled Comics #45 brings the Newsboy Legion's story "Crime Gets Clipped!" to vivid life on a cover rendered by Arturo Cazeneuve. The scene is a dynamic swirl of newspaper clippings, with a snarling gangster in a green-banded hat and purple suit looming large in the foreground, gun in hand, while a caped hero in yellow and green leaps into action behind him — and the scrappy young members of the Newsboy Legion scramble into the fray below. It's a wonderfully kinetic wartime DC cover that captures the energy and street-level spirit this series delivered each month for a dime.