Star Spangled War Stories #137

Few war comics deliver a premise quite like this one: a massive, roaring dinosaur clutches a military submarine in one arm and a ship's turret in the other, wading through the ocean with terrifying ease while tiny soldiers scramble helplessly in its grip. Cover artist Russ Heath renders the creature with visceral energy against a burst of orange and yellow, making the sheer scale of the threat impossible to ignore. The cover's tagline — "They were dead men the moment they landed on Monster Island — but their orders still had to be carried out... 'Fight to the Last!'" — sets up a story by writer Howard Liss and artist Joe Kubert that promises desperate courage against truly impossible odds.