Battle #38

From Atlas Comics' long-running war anthology comes Battle #38, cover-dated March 1955 and promising "All Brand-New Battle Adventures" for a dime. Russ Heath's gripping cover art plunges you straight into a night raid — a helmeted soldier swings his rifle like a club in the foreground while a massive tank looms through the smoke behind him, with armed figures scrambling across the battlefield on all sides. It's a tense, visceral snapshot of wartime chaos that sets the stage perfectly for the interior story, "The Platoon That Vanished!," illustrated by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.