G.I. Combat #268

Joe Kubert's cover for G.I. Combat #268 pulls you straight into the chaos of a war zone, where a grizzled soldier shouts "Back off! This isn't a job for civilians!" — even as frightened civilians, an elderly man, a young woman, and an older woman, are caught dangerously close to the action, with armed troops visible through smoke and flame in the background. The blunt caption "In war, there are no civilians" gives the scene a grim, unsentimental weight that sets the tone perfectly. Packed with more than 40 new pages — including two Haunted Tank thrillers, The Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune, and two additional fighting features — this August 1984 issue lives up to DC's billing as "America's No. 1 Fighting Mag.