G.I. Combat #255

Few covers in 1983 hit quite as hard as this one — a flaming skull wearing tanker's goggles looms in the foreground while two soldiers react in stunned horror, a speech bubble crying "OMIGOD! THAT'S JEB!" capturing the shock of whatever they're witnessing. Joe Kubert's cover art wrings every ounce of dread out of the scene, framing a battle-scarred moment that feels equal parts war story and ghost tale. Inside, Robert Kanigher and Sam Glanzman deliver "Debt of Honor" alongside additional stories including "Dead Letter Office," "Non-Combat Commando," and "Suicide Soldiers" — making this a genuinely packed issue of DC's self-proclaimed "America's No. 1 Battle Mag.