The Power of SHAZAM! #24

This 1997 DC issue puts the spotlight squarely on Spy Smasher, and Jerry Ordway's cover — rendered in the bold, poster-art style of wartime pulp fiction — delivers two determined figures, pistols drawn and ready, against a striking red-and-gold composition. A gleaming golden scorpion brooch anchors the bottom of the image, hinting at the adversary threading through "The Trail of the Scorpion." With Ordway writing and illustrating the cover alongside Pete Krause and Mike Manley, this is a sharp, pulp-flavored chapter in the Power of Shazam! run that fans of classic adventure heroes will find hard to pass up.