Battleground #19

From Atlas Comics' frontline war anthology comes Battleground #19 (1957), promising "All Brand-New War Tales" at a dime a copy. Joe Maneely's cover puts you right in the thick of it — an American soldier crouches atop a massive enemy tank, grappling with a crew member emerging from the hatch while enemy rifles loom large in the foreground, all under the urgent battle cry: "No Matter What the Cost, the Order Was 'Get That Tank!'" Inside, Gene Colan brings the action to life with both pencils and inks, making this a solid showcase of two distinctive talents working Atlas's mid-1950s war comics.