Our Army at War #162

DC's Our Army at War #162 from January 1966 bills itself as presenting "The Surprise Team of the War!" — and the cover by Joe Kubert makes that promise hard to argue with, showing a wild-haired Viking Prince leaping into action with sword and shield while Sgt. Rock and a pair of enemy soldiers clash around him in a burst of red. The teaser copy — "the Sergeant who couldn't be beaten and the Prince who wouldn't stay dead" — sets up the story "The Prince and the Sergeant!" as an unlikely wartime pairing that Kubert renders with his unmistakable kinetic energy.