Combat #14

Dell's Combat series tackles one of World War II's most harrowing Pacific campaigns with this 1964 issue, spotlighting the brutal assault on Tarawa. George Wilson's painted cover pulls no punches, placing two U.S. Marines — one manning a machine gun loaded with an ammunition belt, the other crouching forward with a rifle at the ready — amid smoke, flame, and the chaos of a beachhead fight. It's a tense, grounded snapshot of the kind of gritty war storytelling that made this series a standout on the Dell roster.