Our Army at War #272

DC's long-running war anthology delivers a genuinely arresting cover in September 1974, with Joe Kubert depicting Sgt. Rock and the soldiers of Easy Co. standing at salute before a massive Nazi flag spread across the ground — a provocative image that raises an immediate question right there in the cover copy: why? The ruined urban backdrop and the grim expressions on Rock and his men suggest something far more complicated than surrender or celebration. Inside, writer Robert Kanigher and artist John Severin tackle "The Bloody Flag," promising the kind of morally charged WWII storytelling this series consistently delivered at just 20 cents.