Our Fighting Forces #68

This May 1962 DC war title puts Gunner and Sarge in a desperate spot — the cover by Jerry Grandenetti shows one soldier firing a submachine gun point-blank at a diving enemy aircraft while a second soldier, tangled in wire below, shouts for help as the plane bears down on them both. The story title "Col. Hakawa's Birthday Party!" promises the kind of grim, ironic humor that made Robert Kanigher's war scripts so compelling, with interior art by Irv Novick bringing the action to life. A tense, visceral snapshot of DC's military comics at their mid-century best.