Fightin' Marines #40

Sam Glanzman's cover for this 1961 Charlton issue puts you right in the thick of combat — a helmeted Marine in the foreground levels his weapon at the reader while his comrades charge forward through smoke and debris, rifles raised and battle cries flying. The cover promises stories including "Medal Hill" and "Massacre Island," hinting at the gritty, ground-level action that defined Charlton's war anthologies of the era. At a dime a copy, Fightin' Marines #40 delivers that unmistakable sense of boots-on-the-ground intensity that kept readers coming back.