Our Fighting Forces #71

Featuring the fan-favorite duo Gunner & Sarge, this October 1962 DC war comic drops readers right into the tension with a cover by Jerry Grandenetti showing the two combat-blackened Marines pressing forward through dense jungle foliage, weapons raised and eyes locked on danger — with their faithful dog Pooch peering out beside them. The story title "End of the Marines!" promises the kind of high-stakes drama that made DC's war books so compelling in the early sixties. Grandenetti's close, atmospheric composition pulls you right into the humidity and peril of the Pacific theater.