Fightin' Five #49

Charlton's December 1982 issue of The Fightin' 5 wastes no time setting the stakes — the cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio shows all five team members in their distinctive blue uniforms and red berets charging hard, one leveling a submachine gun while another rushes forward shirtless, with the urgent command "Run, you fools! You had your chance but you refused it! Now… you die!" blazing across the image. The story title "The Plans of S.A.T.A.N." promises the kind of globe-trotting, against-all-odds mission that made this Charlton series a reliable favorite for action fans. Writer Joe Gill and the art team of Bill Montes and Ernie Bache deliver the interiors to back up that punchy, kinetic cover energy.