G.I. Combat #171

Joe Kubert's cover for this June 1974 issue drops you right into the chaos of a street battle, with German soldiers armed and crouching in the foreground as the Haunted Tank exchanges fire down a rubble-strewn urban corridor — explosions lighting up the background as someone shouts that the Tiger's falling back and they're home free. The tension between those Nazi infantrymen and the advancing Allied tank crackles with the gritty energy DC's war comics did so well in this era. Inside, writer John Warner and artist Sam Glanzman deliver a story titled "The Man Who Killed Jeb Stuart," promising some serious stakes for the Haunted Tank's legendary spiritual guardian.