G.I. Combat #242

Joe Kubert's cover for this June 1982 issue delivers a gripping winter battlefield scene — a frost-covered soldier peers up from the frozen ground in the foreground as the legendary Haunted Tank rumbles through a snow-blanketed landscape, with a speech balloon promising relief for the troops. Billed as "The Big War Book," G.I. Combat #242 packs five stories into its pages, including "The Last Mail Call!," two Haunted Tank tales, "The Psycho Soldiers," "Promise of a Dead Pilot!," and "5 Nails for Freedom." The issue also teases an exciting new series featuring the Mercenaries — Soldiers of Fortune — in a feature called "3 Guns for Hire," making this a particularly packed installment of DC's premier war title.