Two-Fisted Tales #21

In the tense, smoke-choked aftermath of a brutal ambush, a lone U.S. soldier—Lucky—clings to the belief that his luck, symbolized by a kewpie doll in his helmet, has kept him alive. But when he realizes he’s wearing another man’s helmet, the truth of the battlefield’s chaos begins to unravel.

In the dying days of the Roman Empire, Commander Decius faces a reckoning after refusing mercy to a brave slave who perished in the arena. As the Vandals led by King Genseric close in, Decius must confront the cost of his cruelty—his own life now hanging in the balance.

In the brutal winter of the Arctic, the crew of the *Bunker Hill* faces the deadly Murmansk Run, a journey where survival hangs by a thread. When seaman Uriah Bragg, already a source of friction among the men, takes watch and lights a cigarette for warmth, his momentary lapse ignites a chain of disasters that tests the limits of courage and sacrifice. With the ship’s Captain, Steward, and crewmates Cavendish and Whispy all pushed to their breaking point, every decision becomes a fight for life.

In the shadow of the Italian Campaign, Joe Angliosani—a soldier born in Italy but raised in America—searches the war-torn landscape for his brother Mario, who never made it to the promised land. Haunted by the past and driven by a brother’s bond, Joe pushes forward through the ruins, unaware that his journey has already led him to a truth buried in the dust of Anzio.