Battlefront #46

Atlas Comics' Battlefront #46 from 1957 puts readers right in the thick of urban combat, with a helmeted platoon leader raising his hand to signal his squad as soldiers advance through a war-torn Asian city street, weapons at the ready and explosions lighting up the rubble around them. The cover — rendered by Joe Maneely — captures the tension of coordinated infantry action, with soldiers fanning out across the destruction while fighters on a crumbling rooftop press the assault from above. Promising stories drawn from "real battle records," including the featured tales "Platoon Leader!" and "The Weapon!," this issue delivers the gritty, ground-level war drama that made Atlas's combat titles so compelling in the 1950s.