Fightin' Marines #55

This 1963 Charlton war title delivers tense battlefield drama with a cover by Dick Giordano that pulls you straight into the action — one Marine lies prone behind cover, rifle blazing, while a second crouches forward amid jungle foliage, the two men clearly at odds even as they fight side by side. The cover tagline for "The Hate Patrol" sets up a compelling friction: they hated each other, but the job they had to do wouldn't allow for that. Written by Joe Gill with interior art by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache, this issue is a solid example of Charlton's gritty, no-frills approach to combat storytelling at its twelve-cent best.