Unknown Soldier #252

DC's long-running war anthology delivers another double-feature in June 1981, with Joe Kubert's striking cover setting the stage. At left, a steely-eyed aviator in a leather flying helmet and goggles looms large against a fiery orange sky — a visual nod to the promised Enemy Ace story featuring Hans Von Hammer in the flaming skies of World War I. An inset panel shows a heavily bandaged figure in combat gear lunging through a snow-swept battlefield, soldiers advancing behind him amid rocket fire, promising a tense rendezvous with the Faceless G.I. in wartorn Holland. It's a confident, action-packed package that showcases Kubert's mastery of war-comics cover design.