Our Army at War #278

Joe Kubert's cover pulls you straight into the chaos of Salerno, Italy — July 23, 1943 — as Allied soldiers and German troops clash in brutal close-quarters combat, rifles firing and fists flying while unseen hands grip a weapon in the immediate foreground. The cover copy's wry understatement ("weather no problem…fighting minimal…") gives the whole scene a sharp, ironic edge that DC's war titles did so well in 1975. Inside, Robert Kanigher and George Evans bring "Rearguard Action" to life, making this a solid entry in one of comics' most enduring military series.