G.I. Combat #64

A jarring collision of eras dominates Joe Kubert's cover for this September 1958 issue — a helmeted pilot peers grimly from the cockpit of a crashing jet while mounted cavalry soldiers charge across the background, rifles and sabers at the ready. The contrast of horse soldiers against modern aircraft wreckage gives the image a genuinely striking tension that pulls you straight in. With Robert Kanigher writing and Gaspar Saladino lettering, G.I. Combat #64 and its lead story "The Silent Jet" promise the kind of gritty wartime drama that made this series a staple of DC's 1958 lineup.