Fightin' Marines #119

A low-flying American military aircraft — its fuselage star-and-bar insignia clearly visible — swoops through a fiery jungle clearing as soldiers scramble and muzzle flashes light the chaos below, while a solitary uniformed figure watches from the shadows at the upper left. Tom Sutton's cover art for this November 1974 Charlton issue delivers an immediate sense of urgency, with the orange and red inferno behind the palms giving the whole scene a vivid, almost cinematic heat. Inside, Joe Gill's writing and Bill Molno's art bring you "The Lemon Marine," promising the kind of ground-level wartime storytelling Charlton's war titles did so well.