Battleground #17

Atlas Comics' Battleground #17 from 1957 delivers exactly what its bold masthead promises — all brand-new war tales at a dime a copy. John Severin's cover puts you right in the middle of urban combat, with a grimly determined American GI clutching his rifle and charging forward through rubble-strewn streets while enemy guerrillas close in behind him, weapons raised against a backdrop of damaged buildings. Promising stories including "The Red Guerrillas Strike!" and "The Last Patrol!," this issue captures the tense, ground-level drama that made Atlas war comics a reliable read throughout the 1950s.