Our Army at War #174

Joe Kubert's cover for this December 1966 issue pulls no punches: Sgt. Rock is down and vulnerable, grappling desperately with a Nazi soldier who looms over him with a pistol, while more enemy troops close in through the smoke-filled background. The cover blurb warns that Rock is "finally boobytrapped" in "One Kill Too Many!" — a rare moment of peril for DC's most dependable combat sergeant. Kubert's raw, kinetic linework makes every tense muscle and grimace feel immediate, capturing the gritty heart of what made Our Army at War one of the standout war titles of the 1960s.