The Brave and the Bold #47

DC's Brave and the Bold #47 delivers another installment of Strange Sports Stories, and the cover — penciled by Carmine Infantino and inked by Joe Giella — sets the hook perfectly: a determined boxer throws a punch at an opponent who seems utterly untouchable, with a referee and ringside crowd looking on in bewilderment. The speech bubble captures the central mystery beautifully — "How can I defeat my opponent — when I can't even lay a glove on him?" — teasing Gardner Fox's tale of "The Phantom Prizefighter!" Also promised inside is "The Saga of the Secret Sportsmen," billed as a story of a 30th-century Earth where all sports are outlawed. For fans of 1963-era DC anthologies blending athletic drama with a science-fiction twist, this one is hard to put down before you've even opened the cover.