Battleground #16

From Atlas Comics in March 1957, Battleground #16 drops readers into the thick of it with a cover by John Severin that crackles with tension — a determined American GI in the foreground clutches his rifle while ranks of enemy soldiers mass across the open ground behind him, a military vehicle rolls through the chaos, and a vehicle burns against the distant skyline. The scale of the confrontation is genuinely impressive, capturing that outnumbered, hold-your-breath feeling that made Atlas war books so compelling. Joe Sinnott handles the interior art, and with a story titled "The Squad that Had to Get Thru!" this issue promises the kind of gritty, boots-on-the-ground drama that defined the genre.