Marines in Battle #12

This June 1956 Atlas war title puts readers right in the thick of combat, with John Severin's cover depicting Marines in helmets manning rifles and a detonator as explosions tear through a bridge in the background, aircraft streak overhead, and troops advance through the chaos below. The featured story, "Caught by the Commies," stars series regular Iron-Mike McGraw, promising plenty of tension alongside the second tale teased on the cover, "Priority Target!" At a dime a copy, Marines in Battle #12 delivers the gritty, ground-level action that made Atlas war comics a reliable favorite in 1956.