Our Army at War #7

From February 1953, this DC war anthology puts you right in the thick of Pacific aerial combat with a cover by Irv Novick that's as tense as they come. Two airmen cling to a yellow life raft while an enemy fighter swoops low overhead, its red roundels unmistakable, and a burning plane tumbles in the distance — the water churning around them from strafing fire. Inside, Robert Kanigher writes and Jerry Grandenetti (inked by Joe Giella) illustrates three tales — "I, the Gun!," "Mountain Trooper!," and "Dive Bomber!" — making this a genuinely packed ten-cent package of wartime storytelling.