Star Spangled War Stories #144

This "Special Issue" from DC's Star Spangled War Stories presents Enemy Ace in a genuinely unsettling tableau: the brooding Von Hammer looms in the foreground, his expression fierce and determined, while a skeletal figure stands defiantly atop a moonlit graveyard, arms raised as a speech bubble dares the ace to face him "man to man." Joe Kubert's cover art — all shadow and eerie atmosphere — makes the most of that graveyard setting, with tombstones and statues framing the ghostly challenger against a glowing full moon. Billed as a special issue, the story inside is illustrated by both Neal Adams and Joe Kubert, making this 1969 entry in the Enemy Ace saga a genuinely compelling find for fans of war comics with a dark, supernatural edge.