Star Spangled Comics #6

A wartime DC anthology from March 1942, Star Spangled Comics #6 promises "Streamlined Action!" right on the cover — and delivers the visual goods with a rooftop brawl between a star-spangled hero in a blue costume and a hulking villain in a bold red-and-white striped shirt, while a warplane streaks dramatically across a full yellow moon in the background. Two more figures lurk at the roofline above, keeping the tension crackling across every corner of Hal Sherman's energetic cover composition. With Jerry Siegel scripting the interior story "Citadel of Crime," this ten-cent issue captures the propulsive spirit of early-'40s superhero comics at full throttle.