Attack #4

Charlton's Attack #4 brings the heat of World War II aerial combat straight to your hands with a cover — penciled by A. Martinez and inked by Jeanette Elier — that puts a P-51 Mustang front and center, streaking through a sky thick with bombers, enemy fighters, and billowing fire over the Rumanian oil fields. The cover text sets the tension perfectly: the American Eagle, ace against Hitler's Luftwaffe, faces certain death behind him and a "Nazi Inferno" ahead. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist/inker Jack Keller deliver "Ambush Alley," promising the kind of gritty wartime storytelling Charlton fans came to rely on in 1972.