Battlefield Action #53

This Charlton war anthology from 1964 poses a gripping question right on the cover: "What makes a man break and run under fire?" — teasing the featured story "Run, Chicken, Run." Dick Giordano's cover art captures the raw tension of combat, showing one soldier bolting wide-eyed through a hail of ground explosions while a comrade behind him points and shouts, "Come back here, you… and fight!" Inside, Joe Gill's writing is brought to life by the art team of Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico in the issue's story "No Surrender," making this a solid example of Charlton's gritty, boots-on-the-ground war comics of the era.