Battlefield Action #62

Charlton's Battlefield Action #62 puts the pressure squarely on one sergeant's shoulders with its lead story "Squad Leader," and the cover by Pat Masulli and Rocke Mastroserio captures that tension vividly — a grim-faced squad leader crouches watchfully in the background while his soldiers in the foreground crack under the strain, one snarling "I'll get 'em — I'll kill 'em all!" as tracer fire cuts through the smoke around them. The cover text lays out the stakes plainly: too many patrols, too many attacks, good men on the edge of breakdown, and one man tasked with holding them together. Written by Joe Gill with interior art by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache, this 12-cent issue delivers the kind of ground-level war drama Charlton did with quiet, unpretentious conviction.