Here we have a fun 1948 parody that is essentially boxer Joe Palooka going up against Superman, interpreted here by the great Joe Simon and, according to GCD, Jack Kirby…although I don’t really see it.

http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/2011/04/kid-adonis-simon-kirby-1948.html

Artist Nick Cardy is responsible for some of the best comic book covers of all time and a number of them were for DC’s Teen Titans in the late sixties and early seventies. Here’s a bunch!

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2011/04/grooviest-covers-of-all-time-nick-cardy.html

Here’s Harvey Kurtzman’s absolutely hilarious pre-Mad Pot-Shot Pete, seen here in original art along with sone other early Kurtzman gems.

http://blacknwhiteandredallover.blogspot.com/2011/04/post-39-harvey-kurtzmans-pot-shot-pete.html

Finally today, back to 1948 for a beautifully drawn jungle tale from longtime Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry, originally printed in a Buster Brown Shoes giveaway comic book.

http://comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com/2011/04/gunga-in-tiger-buster-brown-shoe-co1948.html