Army War Heroes #16

This 1966 Charlton war title puts readers right in the thick of Pacific theater tension, with a cover by Dick Giordano and Rocke Mastroserio depicting a shirtless, knife-wielding attacker lunging at a helmeted American soldier in dense jungle foliage — the dialogue balloons "You die, Joe!" and "Oh, no… Good Lord, no!" crackling with desperate urgency. The featured story, "Breaking Point," frames the setting vividly: a vermin-infested New Guinea island where hunger, pain, and exhaustion push men to their limits. With interior work from writer Joe Gill and artist Bill Montes, Army War Heroes #16 delivers the gritty combat drama that made Charlton's war comics a reliable read throughout the decade.