Our Fighting Forces #50

A tense jungle scenario dominates this 1959 DC war comic, where a soldier lies motionless in the foreground — sweating through a desperate bluff — while an enemy patrol advances through the tropical undergrowth behind him. The catch? His K-9 dog companion looms large in the frame, tongue lolling, blissfully unaware of the ruse his partner is pulling off, as the soldier's speech bubble worries aloud: "The pooch doesn't know I'm 'playin' dead' for that patrol!" Jerry Grandenetti's cover art wrings real tension and even a touch of warmth from the scene, and the banner promising a new Gunner & Sarge story — "My Pal, the Pooch!" — makes issue #50 a fine pick for fans of DC's golden era of war comics.