Our Fighting Forces #135

The cover by Joe Kubert pulls no punches — a spectral, skull-faced figure in a naval officer's cap looms over a battle-scarred landscape while a grim soldier stares ahead and the shocking declaration "Capt. Storm Is Dead!" hangs in the air alongside the desperate cry, "This is the end of the line! What more can we lose?" It's a haunting composition that captures The Losers — Capt. Storm, Johnny Cloud, Gunner & Sarge — at what feels like their lowest moment, with soldiers scattered across a war-torn hillside in the background. For 25 cents in 1972, DC packed 48 pages of Robert Kanigher's writing and John Severin's interior art into this raw, emotionally charged chapter of one of war comics' most compelling ensemble titles.