Fightin' Army #49

The cover of this 1962 Charlton war title says it all — a U.S. Army truck bearing a white star races through a battlefield of explosions and smoke, while a soldier braces in the back as a rocket streaks dangerously close. Looming ominously in the upper corner is a massive set of crushing mechanical jaws, the "teeth of the enemy" threatening to halt what the bold cover caption promises: "Nothing Will Stop the Red Ball Express." With interior work by writer Joe Gill and artist Charles Nicholas inked by Vince Alascia, and Dick Giordano's dynamic cover art driving the tension, Fightin' Army #49 delivers the gritty combat action Charlton fans came to rely on.