Combat Casey #8

From the Atlas war comics stable of 1953 comes this raw, kinetic entry in the Combat Casey series, with cover art by Joe Maneely capturing "The Infantry's Red-Bearded Riot" in full brawling glory. The cover puts Casey front and center — shirtless, red-bearded, and clearly unstoppable — hurling an enemy soldier through the air while armed fighters close in from every side. It's the kind of no-nonsense battlefield energy that made Atlas war books a staple of the era, and writer Hank Chapman and artist Robert Q. Sale bring that same grit to the interior story, "A Patrol For Penny.