Battlefield Action #73

Charlton's long-running war anthology returns with issue #73, and the cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio drops readers straight into a tense jungle standoff — a steel-nerved sergeant crouches rifle in hand among dense foliage, surrounded by taunting speech balloons ("Come out and fight!", "You scared, Joe?") while a shadowy enemy figure lurks at the edge of the undergrowth. The psychological pressure of combat comes through loud and clear before you even crack the spine. Inside, Joe Gill scripts and Charles Nicholas and Ernie Bache bring the art, including the intriguingly titled tale "The Tiger of Tokyo.