Our Army at War #50

A steel-nerved GI bursts through barbed wire under fire on Jerry Grandenetti's striking cover for this September 1956 DC war anthology — his rifle blazing as artillery explodes in the foreground, all rendered in that vivid pink-and-blue palette that makes the scene practically leap off the page. The featured story, "Mop-Up Squad!", promises the kind of gritty battlefield tension that made Our Army at War a standout on newsstands, backed by additional battle-action tales written by Robert Kanigher with art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. As a bonus, this issue also includes details and an entry blank for DC's giant $5,000 prize contest — making it an especially eventful package for 1956 readers.