Combat Casey #10

The cover of this June 1953 Atlas war title says it all — a red-bearded, rifle-wielding Combat Casey drives his bayonet into an enemy soldier with bone-crunching force, while a pistol flies through the air and additional figures scramble in the background. Russ Heath's cover art captures the raw, in-your-face energy that made wartime comics so compelling, and the tagline "No Punches Pulled!" feels entirely earned. With interior work by writer Hank Chapman and artist Robert Q. Sale, Combat Casey #10 delivers exactly the kind of gritty infantry action that readers in 1953 were hungry for.