Fightin' Marines #143

Charlton's long-running war anthology returns with issue #143, "Wake to the Rising Sun," and the cover by Demetrio Sánchez Gómez sets the scene with urgent energy — helmeted Marines crouch beside a military vehicle, weapons raised, as enemy aircraft streak across a yellow-streaked sky overhead. The tension between ground troops and the aerial threat above them captures exactly the kind of boots-on-the-ground drama that made Fightin' Marines a reliable fixture on 1979 spinner racks. For fans of gritty military comics, this one delivers a striking package at a solid forty cents.