Our Army at War #25

DC's Our Army at War #25 from August 1954 puts readers right in the thick of naval combat with a cover by Jerry Grandenetti that crackles with urgency — a sailor shouts from the gun turret of a tilting warship numbered "70," enemy tracer fire slicing through the air as enemy aircraft are hit and smoke billows overhead. An American flag flies defiantly from the stricken vessel while a torpedo or submerged hull looms ominously in the foreground, making the danger feel immediate from every direction. Inside, stories including "Take 'Er Down!," "Operation: Avalanche," "Unluckiest G.I.," and "Battle Junk" promise the same visceral, ground-level look at wartime that made this DC anthology series a compelling read for fans of the genre.