Battle #67

This December 1959 war anthology from Marvel packs four stories into one dime, headlined by "Mine Was the Mission that Had to Fail!" alongside tales of the Berlin Airlift, a recruit under fire, and facing the enemy. Jack Kirby's cover — pencils and inks both — puts a grim-faced sergeant front and center, rifle raised, pack on his back, shouting as a squad of soldiers advances through smoke and flame behind him. It's a raw, kinetic image that captures the tension and grit that made Battle one of the more compelling war titles of its era.