Fightin' Marines #138

Charlton's long-running war anthology returns with issue #138, and the cover by A. Martinez and Jean Elier drops readers right into the thick of it — a squad of helmeted Marines hunkers down behind a machine gun position as explosions light up the battlefield behind them, with speech bubbles crackling with the desperate tension of soldiers under fire. The gritty, combat-hardened atmosphere sets the stage for "Honeycomb Hill," with interior art by Sanho Kim, whose work here spans pencils, inks, and lettering. For fans of straight-ahead military comics, this 1978 Charlton entry delivers the heat of the front lines without pulling any punches.