The Unknown Soldier #3

Part three of Jim Owsley and Phil Gascoine's 12-part mature-readers series finds the bandage-wrapped Unknown Soldier clinging to a sheer cliff face, trading fire with a military helicopter hovering dangerously close — sparks and flames erupting where bullets meet rock. The cover tagline, "It only looks like a war story," is a quiet promise that this 1989 DC series has more on its mind than straightforward combat. Gascoine's cover art sells the precarious tension beautifully, with the soldier's position between the cliff and the gunship making escape look nearly impossible.