Our Army at War #170

Joe Kubert's cover for this August 1966 issue pulls you right into the tension, with a battle-scarred Sgt. Rock striding forward through a burning urban warzone, his expression set and his weapon ready, while a silhouetted gunman lurks in the shadows behind him and soldiers press forward in the smoky background. The cover teaser promises that Rock is "commanded by a madman" in "No One Comes Down Alive From Buzzard Bait Hill!" — which sets an ominous tone right from the newsstand. Robert Kanigher and Kubert were a formidable team on this series, and this issue captures everything that made DC's war comics a compelling read in the mid-1960s.