Our Fighting Forces #61

From DC's long-running war anthology comes Our Fighting Forces #61, June 1961, featuring the fan-favorite duo Gunner and Sarge in "Pass to Peril!" The cover by Jerry Grandenetti throws you right into the action — red-haired Gunner, pistol in hand, clings desperately to what appears to be a downed enemy aircraft on churning water, while Sarge scrambles across him as an enemy plane bears down with guns blazing overhead. It's a tense, kinetic composition that perfectly captures the booby-trapped battle reward promised by the cover text, and at a still-just-10-cents price point, 1961 readers were getting plenty of thrills for their dime.