Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders #1

Marvel's 1968 war series launches in fine style with this premiere issue, its cover by Dick Ayers and Syd Shores placing a bearded, pistol-wielding Captain Savage front and center as he charges through the surf, his Leatherneck Raiders fanning out behind him amid bursting explosions and a submarine looming in the background. The squad — soldiers and sailors alike, weapons raised — brings real energy to the amphibious assault scene, and the story title "The Last Banzai!" promises the kind of hard-nosed World War II action that defined Marvel's war comics of the era. With Gary Friedrich writing and Dick Ayers on interior art, this opening chapter hits the beach running.