Our Fighting Forces #39

The cover of this November 1958 DC war anthology puts you right in the thick of a Pacific naval battle — the submarine U.S.S. Barracuda 202 surges dramatically out of churning seas, launching a torpedo toward a Japanese warship bearing the Rising Sun emblem, while enemy aircraft streak across a fiery orange sky above. Russ Heath's artwork captures the scene with crisp, urgent energy, from the explosive white foam at the sub's hull to the aerial dogfight unfolding overhead. With Bob Haney writing and Heath handling both pencils and inks on the interior story "The Last Torpedo!", this is a solid entry in DC's mid-century tradition of gripping wartime storytelling.