Star Spangled War Stories #148

The cover by Joe Kubert says it all — Enemy Ace clings desperately to the wing of his Iron Cross-marked biplane as his beloved wolf cub Schatzi tumbles away through a chaotic sky filled with burning aircraft, crying out that his good luck symbol is gone… and so is he. Kubert's draftsmanship is at its most kinetic here, with the WWI dogfight sprawling dizzyingly across the entire cover in a tangle of biplanes, fire, and a patchwork of trenches far below. Robert Kanigher's story, "Luck Is a Puppy Named Schatzi!," promises the kind of personal, poignant war drama that made this 1969 series stand apart from typical combat comics.