G.I. Combat #97

From the January 1962 cover of G.I. Combat #97, Russ Heath plunges readers straight into the heat of armored warfare — two tank crewmen, helmeted and grimacing, man a smoking gun as an enemy shell blazes past and enemy aircraft swarm the sky behind them. The speech bubble crackles with urgency, making it clear these soldiers are pushing through everything the battlefield can throw at them. Featuring "The Haunted Tank" and the story "The Decoy Tank!," this issue showcases Heath's gritty, detail-rich linework at its most visceral — the bullet-pocked Nazi-marked tank hull in the foreground leaves no doubt this is the front lines at their most desperate.