Star Spangled War Stories #127

This July 1966 DC issue throws soldiers and naval firepower against a massive sea creature in a cover that makes the threat unmistakably clear — a huge, razor-toothed monster looms over the deck of a warship while helmeted crewmen scramble to bring a gun turret to bear against it. Ross Andru and Mike Esposito deliver a cover that perfectly captures the wild blend of war action and giant-monster thrills that made this series a standout of its era. The story, written by Robert Kanigher and teased as a secret finally revealed by "Section K-17," features the Suicide Squad — promising exactly the kind of outsized, pulse-quickening adventure the cover so vividly sets up.