Our Army at War #248

Few covers in DC's war line pack a moral gut-punch quite like this one — Joe Kubert's cover art places Sgt. Rock front and center, submachine gun in hand, facing a group of blindfolded, bound prisoners while a soldier behind him barks the chilling order: "You have your orders, Rock… Shoot them!" A smaller soldier in yellow raises a hand in desperate protest, with Easy Company troops visible in the background, lending the scene real weight and unease. Sam Glanzman handles the interior story "The Firing Squad!" with the same unflinching honesty that made DC's 1972 war titles stand apart from the pack.