Battlefield Action #23

This February 1959 Charlton war title delivers an arresting cover by Maurice Whitman: a wide-eyed U.S. soldier dives headlong toward the viewer, dog tags flying, desperately clutching a helmet over a live grenade marked with a tense "FZZZZ" — an act of split-second battlefield courage that practically leaps off the page. Explosions erupt in the background as fellow soldiers scramble for cover, framing the central figure in a moment of raw, visceral urgency. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Charles Nicholas (inked by Dick Giordano) bring that same intensity to "The Madmen of Mindanao" — and the issue sweetens the deal with details on a contest offering 8,000 prizes.