Combat #3

This Dell war anthology from 1962 delivers one of the more haunting covers of its era — Earl Mayan's painted close-up of a haggard, steel-helmeted soldier dominates the image, his exhausted expression set against a fiery orange background, while a procession of weary prisoners stretches across the lower half in grim silhouette. The cover text announces that "The Death March of Bataan Was History's Most Ghastly Parade…!" — a sobering hook that sets the tone for Sam Glanzman's story "Bataan" inside. History-minded readers with an appreciation for thoughtful war comics will find this issue a genuinely compelling piece of 1962 sequential storytelling.