Combat Casey #19

Atlas Comics' Korean War series delivers raw battlefield intensity in this December 1954 issue, with a Russ Heath cover that puts you right in the thick of combat. Casey charges forward in helmet and fatigues, gripping his rifle and shouting above the chaos as artillery shells streak overhead and explosions erupt all around him — a fallen enemy soldier visible at his feet. Billed as "The Fighting Infantry's Red-Bearded Riot," this is wartime comics storytelling at its most visceral, with interior art by Robert Q. Sale on a story titled "Atomic Warfare.