Unknown Soldier #242

Joe Kubert's cover for this 1980 DC war title says it all — the bandage-wrapped Unknown Soldier surges through churning water, gun blazing, hauling a red-haired woman to safety while German soldiers and a swastika-flagged building loom in the smoke-filled background. The header promises "Blazing Battle Along the Russian Front," and the story title "Red Flows the Don!" hints at desperate fighting along one of WWII's most brutal theaters. Bob Haney's script, brought to life by Dick Ayers and inker Gerry Talaoc, looks to deliver the gritty, high-stakes action this series did so well in 1980.