Sgt. Rock #329

This June 1979 issue of Sgt. Rock puts the hard-bitten sergeant front and center in a desperate rescue, dragging a wounded comrade through a burning, shell-torn hellscape while flames claw at both men. The cover speech balloons — "G-Gotta get Ben outta this hotbox!" and "I-I promised his mother I'd take care o' him!" — capture that raw, personal loyalty that makes Rock so compelling, and Joe Kubert's cover art renders every lick of fire and strain of muscle with unmistakable urgency. With "Dead Heat!" as the story title and a creative team including Robert Kanigher and Frank Redondo inside, this is a fine example of DC's war comics firing on all cylinders.