G.I. Combat #174

Featuring the Haunted Tank, G.I. Combat #174 from 1974 delivers one of war comics' most compelling moral dilemmas right on its cover: a soldier desperately carries a wounded enemy through a wall of flames while a comrade shouts to leave him behind, the title "Vow to a Dead Foe" hinting at the personal code driving that dangerous act. Joe Kubert's cover art captures the chaos vividly — a tank visible in the background, a Japanese battle flag in the foreground, and two soldiers locked in a moment where duty and conscience pull in opposite directions. Robert Kanigher and Sam Glanzman bring the interior story to life, making this a fine example of DC's war line at its most humanly compelling.