Army War Heroes #4

This 1964 Charlton war comic puts you right in the heat of battle, with a crouching soldier urging a reckless lieutenant to get down while a second GI stands exposed against a backdrop of flames and explosions — cover pencils by Pat Masulli and inks by Dick Giordano giving the scene real urgency. The story title "The Boy Wonder" teases a tale of battlefield bravado, with the cover's speech bubbles ("Git down! You tryin' to get killed, Lieutenant?" / "He flipped!") setting up a tense moment of front-line chaos. Writer Joe Gill, artist Charles Nicholas, and inker Vince Alascia bring their storytelling muscle to this issue, making Army War Heroes #4 a solid find for fans of Charlton's gritty, no-frills war comics.