Combat Casey #17

Atlas Comics' Korean War brawler Combat Casey returns in issue #17, and Russ Heath's cover says it all — a red-bearded, snarling Casey charges rifle-first through a trench, trading blows with enemy soldiers bearing a Soviet insignia, while a comrade hurls a helmet in the heat of battle behind him. The tagline "The Fighting Infantry's Red-Bearded Riot!" perfectly captures the wild, close-quarters energy Heath brings to every inch of this 1954 cover. If you like your war comics scrappy and unrelenting, this is one to track down.