Star Spangled War Stories #23

This July 1954 DC anthology plunges readers straight into waterlogged combat with a cover by Jerry Grandenetti that stages a desperate shoreline struggle between a knife-wielding enemy soldier and a helmeted frogman, the two combatants locked together in the surf beneath a pale full moon while a discarded helmet and rifle lie half-buried in the sand nearby. The visceral tension of that scene sets the tone perfectly for four tales promised inside, including "The Silent Frogman," "Jackpot Flight," "Full Field Pack," and "One-Man Road Block," with interior work by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Irv Novick. Star Spangled War Stories #23 is a vivid snapshot of early-1950s DC war comics at their most gripping.