Fightin' Five #39

Charlton's super-squad faces one of their most dramatic standoffs in this 1966 installment of The Fightin' 5, with the cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio putting the tension front and center. The villain Zeru — billed as "the evil genius who boasted he'd destroy the world" — stands defiant beside a missile launcher, threatening to devastate a homeland while members of the squad in their distinctive red berets and blue uniforms press in from all sides with rifles drawn. "5 Trails to Death" promises exactly the kind of high-stakes Cold War action that made this squad a compelling corner of the Charlton universe, with Joe Gill writing and Bill Montes and Ernie Bache handling interior art duties.