Our Army at War #115

Sgt. Rock clings low in the water, draped in ammunition belts and visibly outnumbered, as a rubber raft packed with armed enemy soldiers bears down on him — his helmeted head just barely above the surface, wondering aloud how he'll explain this to Easy Company. This February 1962 DC issue teases the story of "Rock's Battle Family!" with a cover by Jerry Grandenetti that puts Rock in a genuinely tense spot, the bright yellow raft and green-clad troops looming large against a crisp sky. Written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Joe Kubert, it's a compelling snapshot of the kind of gritty, ground-level war storytelling that made Our Army at War one of DC's most compelling anthology titles of the era.