G.I. Combat #248

Three soldiers bound together by heavy chains scramble desperately in front of a star-marked tank as explosions erupt around them — with a captor visible in the background shouting at the prisoners to save their own skins — making Joe Kubert's cover for this December 1982 installment of G.I. Combat #248 an immediate, visceral jolt of wartime tension. Headlined "Invitation to an Execution," the lead story is backed by a packed lineup that includes a second Haunted Tank epic ("Iron Cross for a Tank Crew"), "3 Roads to Pearl," and "Dead Men Rise Again," with interior art by Sam Glanzman. DC's self-proclaimed "America's No. 1 Battle Mag" delivers a genuinely compelling package here, with Robert Kanigher's storytelling paired with Kubert's commanding cover work.