Man Comics #12

From the "Dangerous Battles… Breathless Suspense!" banner down to the three story-preview panels along the bottom, this 1952 Atlas war anthology delivers the tense, gritty atmosphere that defined the genre. The cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule drops us right into a battlefield standoff: a helmeted soldier reaches boldly for a fallen enemy's BAR while a comrade behind him warns him off, their clashing speech balloons ratcheting up the drama — and an "Explosive USSR" label on a nearby mine hints at just how high the stakes are. Inside, Robert Q. Sale illustrates "Black Hate!" alongside two other hard-edged war tales, making this a satisfying ten-cent package of fight-and-fury comics storytelling.