Our Army at War #145

Joe Kubert's cover for this August 1964 DC issue crackles with close-quarters tension as Sgt. Rock struggles point-blank against a Nazi soldier, tracer fire slashing between them in vivid pink streaks while explosions and troops crossing a bridge light up the sky behind him. Rock's determined grimace and the enemy gunner's swastika armband make the stakes unmistakably clear, with the cover caption promising he must "spank this Tiger" long enough for Easy Co. to make it across. The issue also teases the secondary tale "A Feather for Little Sure-Shot," rounding out what looks to be a solid issue of DC's long-running WWII anthology at its gritty mid-1960s best.