Star Spangled War Stories #129

Few premises in 1966 comics are as wildly inventive as this one: a shirtless Navy pilot raised by flying giant creatures rides a massive pterodactyl straight into the path of an enemy aircraft, submachine gun raised and ready. Joe Kubert's cover crackles with kinetic energy — the swooping prehistoric beast, the looming Japanese warplane, and the fearless airman at the center make for a genuinely striking image against that blazing red sky. Howard Liss and Russ Heath bring the story of a man caught between two worlds to life inside, and it's the kind of pulpy, high-concept adventure that made Star Spangled War Stories such a distinctive corner of DC's war comics line.