Our Army at War #196

Joe Kubert pulls double duty as writer, artist, and cover creator on this August 1968 entry in DC's long-running war anthology, and the result is a cover that stops you cold. Sgt. Rock is shown lunging forward in anguish, hands pressed to his helmet, with a ghost-image of brutal combat filling the background — his desperate speech bubble, "Stop the War! I Want to Get Out!", giving raw voice to a soldier pushed to his limit. DC's own cover copy promises "a story that will shock you right down to your soul," and Kubert's visceral linework makes that feel entirely earned.