Our Army at War #250

A milestone 250th issue for DC's long-running war series, this October 1972 entry finds Sgt. Rock at the center of a fierce moral standoff — cover artist Joe Kubert puts him front and center, jaw set, defiantly declaring "The Lieutenant says… we stay!" while a wounded officer lies in his arms and explosions and scrambling soldiers fill the chaos behind them. The cover speech bubbles crackle with tension between loyalty and survival, perfectly capturing the gritty battlefield drama that made this series a cornerstone of 1972 war comics. Bob Kanigher's "90 Day Wonder" promises exactly the kind of hard-edged Easy Company storytelling, brought to vivid life by Russ Heath's interior art, that kept readers coming back issue after issue.