Fightin' Air Force #13

This December 1958 Charlton title puts you right in the thick of a WWII aerial dogfight, with a Royal Air Force Spitfire — its roundel markings clearly visible — locked in a terrifyingly close-quarters clash with a German aircraft bearing Iron Cross insignia, smoke trailing dramatically as more planes tangle in the yellow sky behind them. Dick Giordano's cover art captures the chaotic energy of combat with real kinetic force, the two fighters almost colliding as they twist through the frame. With Joe Gill writing and Sam Glanzman on interior art, Fightin' Air Force #13 delivers the kind of high-altitude tension that made Charlton's war titles a reliable read for ten cents.