Army War Heroes #17

A soldier known as Brown makes a defiant last stand on this December 1966 Charlton cover, manning a machine gun in a fiery combat zone while enemy troops close in from the background — his rallying cry, "Come and get it, you guys! Have a little dose of Brown's home remedy… hot lead tea!" setting the gritty, gung-ho tone perfectly. Cover pencils by Dick Giordano and inks by Rocco Mastroserio give the scene a visceral energy, with a wounded comrade in the foreground adding real stakes to Brown's desperate position. Fans of classic war comics will find this a satisfying slice of mid-1960s battlefield drama.