Battlefield Action #43

A fierce battlefield scene dominates this 1962 Charlton war title, with soldiers pinned down across a smoke-filled, explosion-torn landscape while a wounded man weighs an impossible decision — move and face enemy fire, or stay silent while his buddies pay the price. Jack Abel's cover art captures the tension across multiple vignettes, including a close-up of a blond soldier at the trigger and troops scrambling under fire. The featured story, "Ho Minh's Rabbit Shoot," written by Joe Gill with art by Bill Montes and inks by Ernie Bache, promises the kind of gritty, boots-on-the-ground drama that made Battlefield Action a reliable wartime read at just 12 cents.