Battle #53

Three stories — "Smash Attack!," "The Trap Snaps Shut!," and "In Enemy Hands!" — are promised inside this 1957 Atlas war anthology, and Joe Maneely's cover makes the case for combat comics with real urgency. A blond American soldier charges forward, pistol drawn and pack on his back, as comrades push through smoke and explosions behind him, while enemy soldiers in dark uniforms scramble and return fire against a burning village backdrop — with a warplane streaking across a fiery sky above it all. For a dime, Battle #53 delivered all brand-new battle adventures with gritty, kinetic cover art that captures the chaos of the front line.