G.I. Combat #221

DC's "Big War Book" delivers three battle tales in one August 1980 package with G.I. Combat #221, and the cover — penciled and inked by Joe Kubert — makes a striking first impression. A mosaic of vignettes frames the central Haunted Tank story "Falling Star," where a soldier levels his rifle directly at the reader while another demands "Stop playing movie hero — give me that gun!"; surrounding panels tease mules hauling supplies past enemy armor ("Panzer Killers with Long Ears!"), a white cat, a burning ship near a lighthouse, a boxing ring beneath a Nazi banner, and a ghostly cavalry charge. With stories also titled "9 Lives of Pvt. Glover," "4-Time Loser," "The Square Battlefield," and "Wars Never Change," this oversized issue offers a genuinely packed tour through WWII action.