G.I. Combat #249

Joe Kubert's cover for G.I. Combat #249 (January 1983) captures the Haunted Tank in a desperate, smoke-choked battle — its Confederate flag whipping in the chaos as an enemy tank looms in the distance and flames lick the foreground. Three circular inset panels along the right side tease additional stories: a tense confrontation, a grizzled soldier's close-up for "Death Wears a Yellow Hat," and a lone figure atop a tank for "Flowers of Freedom." Billed as "America's No. 1 Fighting Mag," this jam-packed issue lives up to that claim with multiple tales — including "Tomorrow's Heroes" — making it a fine example of DC's sprawling war anthology format at its early-'80s peak.