Submarine Attack #48

Charlton's long-running naval war series delivers a tense January 1965 standoff with "Duel at 40 Fathoms" — the cover, penciled and inked by Dick Giordano, plunges you right into the churning sea as the American submarine DE-91 bears down on the Nazi U-235, crew members scrambling desperately on both vessels as collision looks seconds away. The copy sets up old enemies Lt. Cmdr. Robert Barlick and Kapitan Hans Von Bruhn locked in a death-battle that neither may survive, and the panic-stricken cry of "The Amerikaner is going to ram us!" sells the urgency perfectly.