Unknown Soldier #226

Two figures cling desperately to the massive anchor chain of a Nazi warship — the Kronhorst — in churning Atlantic waters, a block of TNT in hand and the stakes spelled out plainly in the cover's speech balloon: sink this killer ship or the Nazis take control of the North Atlantic. Joe Kubert's cover art captures the tension beautifully, the cold spray and looming steel hull making the mission feel both urgent and genuinely dangerous. Bob Haney's script, brought to life by Dick Ayers and Gerry Talaoc, promises the kind of high-stakes WWII action that made Unknown Soldier one of DC's most gripping war titles of 1979.