Our Fighting Forces #69

Gunner finds himself in a desperate, close-quarters struggle against a Japanese floatplane bearing the Rising Sun insignia, firing back at point-blank range while being dragged along the churning surf — the cover caption warning that Col. Hakawa, "the Imperial Practical Joker," is issuing one-way tickets to Gunner and Sarge in "Destination Doom!" Jerry Grandenetti's cover art crackles with kinetic energy, pulling you right into the Pacific Theater chaos with real visceral tension. This July 1962 DC war book is a fine example of the era's military comics at their most gripping.