Battle #54

From the Atlas/Marvel war anthology trenches of 1957 comes Battle #54, promising "all brand-new battle adventures" with stories including "Red Sniper!" and "Assault Squad!" Fred Kida's cover pulls you straight into the chaos — a determined soldier raises his rifle overhead in close-quarters combat while explosions and muzzle flashes light up the background, enemy troops scrambling amid the smoke and fire of what looks like a fortified compound. Inside, Gene Colan and letterer Morrie Kuramoto deliver the combat tension, making this a fine ten-cent package of hard-hitting war stories.