Battle #50

Atlas Comics' Battle #50 from January 1957 delivers exactly what its "All Brand-New Battle Adventures" banner promises, with a cover by John Severin that pulls you right into the tension. A grim, shadowed soldier crouches in the foreground, cigarette smoldering in his lips and a weapon at the ready, while a fiery red sky silhouettes a line of enemy troops advancing behind him — a quietly gripping image that captures the dread of being outnumbered. The featured story, "Reds All Around Us!", suggests the kind of cold-sweat infantry drama that made Atlas war titles so compelling in 1957.