Man Comics #18

From Atlas Comics' wartime anthology series comes this September 1952 installment, with a cover by Al Hartley that pulls no punches — a grim, helmeted soldier grips a pistol in the foreground while grappling with a snarling enemy soldier, as additional combatants charge through smoke in the background. The tagline promises "Dangerous Battles… Breathless Suspense!" and "Real War Tales from Actual Battlefields," setting the tone for the gritty contents within, including the story "The Barrier," illustrated by Russ Heath. A solid slice of early-'50s Atlas war comics, priced at just ten cents when it hit stands.