Fightin' Marines #26

Charlton's Fightin' Marines #26 delivers a full 100 pages of "rip-snorting combat tales" at triple value, and the cover — penciled by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and inked by Vince Alascia — sets the tone immediately with a group of Marines straining together to raise the American flag, an image that carries unmistakable weight even in 1958. This special issue spotlights Iwo Jima, and the cover's dramatic, smoke-tinged composition captures the grit and teamwork that defined that legendary battle. With Sid Check handling interior art duties on "The Planning Stage," there's plenty of hard-edged military storytelling packed inside to match that powerful opening image.