Star Spangled War Stories #197

From the thick of World War II chaos comes Star Spangled War Stories #197, featuring DC's enigmatic Unknown Soldier in a cover by Joe Kubert that crackles with urgency. The bandage-faced Soldier charges forward carrying a red-haired woman to safety, flanked by armed enemy soldiers bearing Nazi insignia, while a burning aircraft crashes in the fiery background amid a melee of distant figures. Writer David Michelinie and artist Gerry Talaoc bring the action inside with "The Henschel Gambit," promising the kind of tense wartime drama this 1976 series delivered so reliably.