Attack #39

Charlton's Attack #39 (March 1983) brings the gritty wartime anthology series to a boil with a cover by Pat Masulli and Dick Giordano depicting two helmeted soldiers in the thick of combat — one charging forward with a machine gun blazing, the other rallying under fire against a vivid red burst of action and explosions. Speech bubbles hint at tension between the two fighters, with one vowing to one day shut down someone called "Old Ugly!" Inside, Joe Gill scripts "Von Rumstadt's Plan" with art by Bill Molno and inks by Vince Alascia, delivering the kind of boots-on-the-ground war storytelling that made Charlton's military titles a solid staple of early '80s comics.