The 'Nam #49

Marvel's long-running Vietnam War series delivers another tense chapter with issue #49, cover-titled "Of Love and Missiles!" Andy Kubert's cover plunges you into a harrowing mid-air scene: a U.S. military aircraft — "United States" stenciled across its fuselage — erupts in fire and smoke while soldiers desperately cling to it, weapons in hand, as an incoming missile bears down from below in a gut-dropping perspective. Writer Doug Murray and artist Herb Trimpe bring their trademark ground-level authenticity to the interior story, "What They're Fighting For," making this 1990 issue a compelling look at the human stakes behind the war.