Fightin' Army #105

Charlton's Fightin' Army #105 brings some Wild West spirit to World War II, with the cover — penciled and inked by Don Perlin — depicting a U.S. soldier in combat gear squaring off in a bombed-out street, pointing dramatically at a German soldier framed in a doorway above while fallen figures and rubble fill the foreground. The bold cover text sets up the premise perfectly: what would a cowboy whose idol was Billy the Kid do against the Nazi war machine — PFC Luke Andrews is about to show them with a sharp "Draw!" Inside, Jack Keller's art brings the story "Merry Christmas, Cookie!" to life in this solid 1972 entry in Charlton's dependable line of military anthologies.