Man Comics #17

From Atlas Comics' "Men at War" line comes this gritty 1952 entry in the Man Comics run, with a cover by Sol Brodsky that puts you right in the thick of combat. Two American soldiers are pressed low in the grass — one leveling a submachine gun, the other clutching what appears to be a demolitions detonator labeled "Charlie Demo Team 3 Sq 4" — as an enemy soldier reels backward under fire. The tagline says it all: "Dangerous Battles… Breathless Suspense!" — and this ten-cent issue, featuring the story "Hill 603!," delivers exactly that promise in vivid, visceral style.