Battlefield Action #20

Charlton's Battlefield Action delivers its promise of "rip-snorting combat tales" with a cover by Charles Nicholas and Rocco Mastroserio that puts you right in the thick of it — a helmeted GI levels a bazooka from street level as a burst of fire erupts against an enemy tank rolling through a war-torn village. The close, ground-level perspective makes the tension immediate, with spent ammunition and supply crates scattered nearby as the two forces collide amid crumbling buildings. For a dime in 1958, this was combat comics doing exactly what it did best.