The Brave and the Bold #56

Pairing the Flash and the Manhunter from Mars, this 1964 Brave and the Bold team-up drops the two heroes into a genuinely unsettling scenario right on the cover: a grotesque, hybrid-looking creature — part Flash, part Manhunter — emerges from the wall of a Time Capsule at what the sign identifies as the 1964 International Fair, while the speechless heroes react with alarm. Bernard Baily's cover art captures the eerie tension perfectly, blending sci-fi dread with superhero energy in that distinctive Silver Age style. With a story titled "Raid of the Mutant Marauders," this issue promises the kind of imaginative, offbeat adventure that made DC's team-up titles such a treat in the early sixties.