Fightin' Army #17

Charlton's Fightin' Army #17 delivers the gritty wartime intensity the series promised, with Maurice Whitman's cover placing viewers right in the thick of a desperate amphibious assault — a grimacing helmeted soldier clutches a grenade and aims his pistol while troops in rubber rafts push through choppy water toward a burning, smoke-filled shoreline, an aircraft streaking overhead. The composition captures the chaos and tension of combat with real dramatic force, making it easy to see why Charlton billed this as "Breathtaking Action Stories." Interior artist Charles Nicholas brings that same energy to the pages within, including the intriguingly titled tale "The Search for Kee.