Star Spangled War Stories #130

A massive, sharp-toothed dinosaur dominates this January 1966 DC cover, its gaping jaws lunging toward a soldier firing point-blank while a grotesque, clinging figure looms from the rocky cliffside above — Russ Heath's cover art crackles with primal tension. The story title "Secrets Die on Monster Island!" promises exactly the kind of war-meets-prehistoric-terror mashup that made Star Spangled War Stories so compelling in the mid-1960s. With two enemies forced to team up against something far more dangerous than each other, this issue delivers a premise that's hard to resist.