Battle #7

Atlas Comics' Battle #7 from March 1952 delivers exactly what its tagline promises — real, flaming tales of combat. The cover, penciled by Carl Burgos and inked by Christopher Rule, drops you right into the tension: a hidden enemy soldier levels a rifle from the foreground brush while American GIs advance cautiously through a tree-lined battlefield, their sergeant warning, "Careful, men! Any one of these trees might hide a sniper!" Small preview panels along the bottom tease three more stories inside, including "P.O.W.," "Over the Hill," and "The Charge," suggesting a full anthology of front-line drama. For fans of early '50s war comics, this Atlas gem captures the genre at its most gripping.