Star Spangled War Stories #29

Three American soldiers fight their way through churning coastal waters on this January 1955 DC war anthology, the lead story promising "A Gun Called 'Slugger!'" — and the cover by Jerry Grandenetti delivers on that billing with a massive artillery piece front and center, its barrel blazing as the men struggle to keep it operational amid the chaos. One soldier steadies the gun from above while his wounded comrade slumps in the surf below, and a grizzled sergeant raises his rifle at the ready, the jungle terrain looming behind them all. Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick bring their combined talents to the interior tales of "flaming action on fighting fronts," making this a solid entry in DC's mid-1950s war comics lineup.