Combat #34

Dell's Combat series brings its war-story grit to the dense jungles of New Guinea with this January 1972 issue. The cover plunges you right into the thick of it — two soldiers in helmet and campaign hat scramble along a rocky embankment, rifles at the ready, while more figures press forward through the tropical undergrowth behind them, the tagline promising soldiers sworn to victory fighting one another in that brutal jungle theater. Sam Glanzman handles art, inking, and lettering throughout, lending the whole package a unified, immediate intensity that suits the raw subject matter perfectly.