Battlefield Action #16

Charlton's Battlefield Action Vol. 2 #16 delivers five WWII anthology tales for a dime, promising readers gritty dispatches from D-Day with the 82nd Airborne, Tarawa, Monte Cassino, a Ranger Raid, and a story called "Combat Cure." The cover, penciled by Charles Nicholas and inked by Pat Masulli, pulls you straight into the chaos — a steel-helmeted soldier charges forward through a burst of explosive flame, rifle with fixed bayonet leveled, a grenade clutched in his free hand, enemy weapons scattered at his feet. It's a confidently rendered, no-frills piece of 1957 war comics craft that sets the tone for the anthology perfectly.