Star Spangled War Stories #178

This February 1974 entry in DC's Star Spangled War Stories features the Unknown Soldier in a tense cover by Joe Kubert that captures the character's defining dilemma: two bandage-masked figures leap through a burst of flame as armed soldiers look on, while a cold-blooded German colonel delivers the chilling order — "Then… shoot both!" — because his own men can't tell which man is their target. Frank Robbins and Jack Sparling bring the interior tale "Sting of Death!" to life, promising the kind of gritty wartime intrigue that made this series a staple of 1970s DC war comics.