Star Spangled War Stories #44

A soldier races desperately across a shell-torn battlefield, knife in hand, while the American-flagged Tank 711 looms dramatically behind him amid smoke and explosions — a tense, visceral cover by Jerry Grandenetti that sets the stage for DC's promise of "flaming action on fighting fronts." This 1956 entry in Star Spangled War Stories leads with the featured tale "Tank 711 Doesn't Answer!" alongside additional war stories written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. For fans of mid-century war comics, it's a fine example of the genre firing on all cylinders.