Sgt. Rock #403

Joe Kubert's cover for this 1985 DC issue sets a striking moral tableau: a snarling Nazi officer in full uniform, pistol drawn, looms in the foreground while a robed Catholic cardinal stands in a doorway, and a helmeted soldier — almost certainly Sgt. Rock himself — watches from the shadows behind. The cover's haunting question, "Amidst the holocaust of war, why does evil seek sanctuary in the house of God?", perfectly frames the moral tension at the heart of "The Cardinal and the Killer." With a creative team that includes writer Robert Kanigher and interior art by Vic Catan, this issue promises the kind of grim, morally charged WWII storytelling that made Sgt. Rock one of DC's most enduring war titles.