Star Spangled War Stories #61

A U.S. Air Force pilot clings desperately to a tow rope, being dragged through churning water while soldiers in a Navy inflatable raft struggle in the background and enemy aircraft clash in the smoke-filled sky above — Jerry Grandenetti's cover for this September 1957 DC issue packs a remarkable amount of tension into a single image. Inside, Robert Kanigher writes and Ross Andru and Mike Esposito illustrate the featured story "Tow Pilot!" alongside additional tales of combat action. For a dime, this issue delivers the kind of gritty, waterlogged drama that made Star Spangled War Stories one of DC's most compelling anthology titles of the era.