Our Army at War #27

This October 1954 DC anthology plunges readers straight into underwater danger with Irv Novick's gripping cover — a combat frogman in full diving gear is pinned beneath an enemy soldier's boot, a rifle barrel looming over him as bubbles scatter through the murky shallows. The tension is visceral and immediate, perfectly setting the stage for the lead story "Diary of a Frogman!" along with three more tales — "Secret of the Maginot Line," "Beachhead in Reverse," and "Touchdown Gun." Written by Robert Kanigher with interior art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, this issue delivers the kind of gritty, ground-level war storytelling that made Our Army at War one of DC's most compelling titles of the era.