Our Army at War #61

A helmet-clad GI recoils in desperate, wide-eyed terror as a glowing shell or grenade blazes directly toward him through driving rain — Jerry Grandenetti's cover art for this 1957 DC war title grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go. The raw, visceral close-up perfectly captures the life-or-death heartbeat of frontline combat, setting the stage for the featured story "A Pigeon for Easy Co." and the other battle-action tales inside, written by Robert Kanigher with art by Joe Kubert. For fans of mid-1950s war comics at their most intense, this is a fine example of the genre firing on all cylinders.