Star Spangled War Stories #170

Featuring DC's bandage-faced enigma the Unknown Soldier, this June 1973 issue draws you right into the action with Joe Kubert's gripping cover: a helmeted soldier stands at the mouth of a cave, waving his squad forward with a pistol in hand as fallen enemies lie in the foreground and more troops advance across the beach behind him — all punctuated by the urgent shout, "The cave is clear!" Inside, writer Archie Goodwin and artist Jack Sparling deliver "Legends Don't Die!", a title that promises the kind of tense, morally charged combat storytelling that made Star Spangled War Stories a standout in DC's war line. At just 20 cents, this is a well-crafted slice of early-'70s war comics at their most atmospheric.