Sgt. Rock #327

A Nazi ammunition train barreling through enemy territory makes for a gripping cover in this April 1979 DC war title, with hostages clinging desperately to the locomotive while Rock and his men crouch in the foreground, rifles ready — the speech bubble laying out the brutal dilemma in plain terms. Joe Kubert's cover work captures the tension perfectly, balancing the thundering iron bulk of the swastika-marked engine against the very human stakes riding on its sides. "Death Express" promises exactly the kind of impossible battlefield problem that makes Sgt. Rock such a compelling read.