Star Spangled War Stories #82

This June 1959 DC anthology delivers wartime drama straight from the fighting fronts, headlined by "Ground Flier!" and promising additional "stories of flaming action." Joe Kubert's cover pulls you right into a mid-air brawl, where an Allied aviator and a Nazi pilot — both in flight gear, goggles, and helmets — grapple desperately against a backdrop of a spinning, smoke-trailing aircraft. It's a visceral, kinetic image that captures exactly the kind of pulse-pounding tension Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito consistently brought to DC's war titles in this era.