Our Army at War #200

A milestone 200th issue for one of DC's most enduring war titles, this December 1968 edition of Our Army at War arrives with a genuinely striking cover by Joe Kubert: a flower-crowned troubadour strums a guitar in the foreground while Sgt. Rock looms behind him, armed and urgent, urging the musician that he now has "a reason to fight this war." Soldiers press forward in the smoky background, giving the scene a tense, almost surreal contrast between melody and combat. Kubert's raw, expressive linework gives the whole image a gritty energy that feels perfectly suited to the story promised inside — "The Troubadour (Ode to Sgt. Rock of Easy Co.)" — written by Robert Kanigher.