G.I. Combat #79

A lone GI crouches amid the wreckage of a destroyed vehicle, a lit lighter flickering in his grip as smoke and debris surround him — Jerry Grandenetti's moody, shadow-drenched cover art gives this 1959 DC war title a tense, almost cinematic quality. Inside, Robert Kanigher and Russ Heath team up for "Big Gun -- Little Gun!", a pairing that promises the gritty battlefield storytelling this series does so well. At just ten cents, G.I. Combat #79 captures everything that made DC's war comics compelling reading in the late fifties.