Battle #55

Three American soldiers hunker down in the foreground of John Severin's tense cover — rifles in hand, faces etched with grim determination — while a wave of enemy troops charges across the hillside behind them, explosions lighting the sky in fiery orange. Severin's linework brings a gripping sense of immediacy to the scene, with a commanding soldier gesturing urgently to his comrades as the assault on Hill 202 closes in. This December 1957 issue of Battle promises "All Brand-New Battle Adventures," and with interior art by Gene Colan, it delivers the kind of hard-edged wartime storytelling that made Atlas-era war comics so compelling.