Battle #17

This Atlas Comics war title delivers frontline tension straight from 1953, with Fred Kida's cover art placing a determined American sergeant crouching amid flames and rubble, grenade in hand, while enemy soldiers man a gun emplacement behind him in the chaos of combat. The featured story, "The Last Command of Colonel Fong!," promises exactly the kind of gritty, high-stakes military drama that made Battle a reliable destination for readers hungry for tales of troops under fire. With Stan Lee writing and Werner Roth illustrating the interior, this issue is a solid snapshot of Atlas's confident approach to the war genre at its peak popularity.