Battle Action #27

Atlas Comics brought gritty wartime tension to newsstands in February 1957 with this issue of Battle Action, featuring a cover by Carl Burgos that pulls you right into the danger. A lone soldier advances through shadowy terrain with a military dog at his side, seemingly unaware of enemy troops lurking in the darkness around him — the cover tagline "Was He Stumbling Into an 'Ambush Trap'?" says it all. Inside, Joe Sinnott handles both pencils and inks on the "Ambush Trap!" story, promising the kind of sharp, no-nonsense war comics craft that made Atlas a reliable home for frontline drama.