The Human Torch #22

This Spring 1946 issue puts the flaming android hero front and center — literally twice — as two blazing versions of the Human Torch streak across a dockside scene, scattering a gang of armed criminals amid stacked sugar crates and sending thugs tumbling in every direction. A circular inset on the left teases a Sub-Mariner appearance, promising even more Golden Age firepower within. With cover art by Charles Nicholas and a story ominously titled "The Sentence of Death," this is a vivid snapshot of Timely Comics at its action-packed best.