Star Spangled War Stories #42

A tense close-quarters standoff leaps off this February 1956 DC cover, where a helmeted soldier bursts through a shattered window, pistol drawn, while an enemy fighter levels a rifle directly at him from point-blank range — Jerry Grandenetti's pencils and inks capturing that razor-thin moment between survival and disaster. The cover promises "Sniper Alley!" alongside other tales of "flaming action on fighting fronts," making clear this anthology delivers the kind of gritty, ground-level combat drama that defined Star Spangled War Stories at its best. With Robert Kanigher writing and Ross Andru and Mike Esposito handling interior art, this ten-cent issue packs serious creative firepower into every page.