Star Spangled War Stories #168

Featuring DC's Unknown Soldier, this March 1973 issue puts Joe Kubert's cover artistry to striking use: a grizzled, helmeted soldier stares out at the reader with fierce intensity while, looming behind him, the bandage-wrapped visage of the Unknown Soldier emerges from a burst of fire and smoke. The cover's pointed dialogue — "So… you think you've seen war, gloryhound? I'm going to show you war's true face!" — sets up "The Glory Hound!" with a raw, confrontational energy that feels distinctly personal. With Archie Goodwin writing and Jack Sparling on interior art, this is early-'70s DC war comics doing what they did best: turning battlefield drama into something genuinely compelling.