Combat #37

Dell's Combat series tackles one of history's most harrowing chapters with this 1972 issue, promising "The Incredible Story of D-Day Invasion at Normandy!" The cover, rendered with real intensity, puts you right in the surf alongside a grimacing American soldier clutching a submachine gun as he charges forward, while his fellow GIs wade through the churning water behind him and a fleet of landing craft and warships — some already under fire — fill the smoke-choked horizon. Written and illustrated by Sam Glanzman, this is war comics storytelling with a human edge that makes the chaos of that beach feel immediate and personal.