Star Spangled War Stories #169

Featuring the Unknown Soldier, Star Spangled War Stories #169 drops readers into a tense, claustrophobic struggle aboard what appears to be a sinking Nazi submarine. Joe Kubert's cover captures a desperate hand-to-hand brawl between a blond Allied operative and a German officer, with a pistol leveled at close range and water rushing in around them — all while a chilling speech bubble declares, "Schwein! You have sabotaged our sub! But YOU shall die with us!!" It's a gripping April 1973 package from DC, with Archie Goodwin writing and Jack Sparling on interior art to back up Kubert's urgent, high-stakes cover scene.