The 'Nam #13

The cover of The 'Nam #13, rendered by Michael Golden in a striking two-tone palette of deep blue and vivid red, captures a visceral airstrike moment — a squad of soldiers scrambling urgently across open grassland as UH-1 Huey helicopters hover low overhead, the scene buzzing with tension and controlled chaos. Golden's linework gives the composition real kinetic energy, the figures hunched under the rotor wash feeling grounded and immediate rather than dramatized. One of Marvel's most earnest war titles of 1987, this issue's cover alone makes a strong case for The 'Nam as storytelling that treats its subject with genuine weight.