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Atomic War! #4 (1953)
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In the frozen reaches of the Arctic, a U.S. air force mission races toward a hidden Soviet base at Severnaya Zemlya, launching magnetic pilotless missiles and deploying paratroopers in a high-stakes assault. As American troops land and fight through disguised pillboxes, a mysterious TV-balloon reveals an approaching fleet of jet-propelled ski tanks, forcing a desperate race against time before reinforcements arrive.
In the Saar Basin during a global war, General Barclay—a seasoned but outdated commander—is dismissed by his young, scientifically minded subordinates as unfit for modern warfare. When the Russians unleash a terrifying new weapon that disintegrates all metal on the battlefield, Barclay defies expectations by staying at the front, relying on instinct and old-school tactics to counter the sonic assault.
In the shadow of a global atomic war, U.S. agent Glenn Harris parachutes into the Soviet Urals to infiltrate a secret rocket facility, posing as a captured Russian colonel. Disguised and navigating deadly patrols, he must sabotage the enemy’s plan to launch a satellite capable of raining uninterceptable atomic missiles on the United States.
In the tense aftermath of a failed aerial assault on the Ploesti oil fields, Chief Bosun Don Walker is assigned to lead a daring commando raid using a one-man submarine—under the command of Seaman Mehmet Hakari, a Turkish naval expert. As the two men navigate the treacherous waters of the Black Sea and Danube River, their uneasy partnership is tested when they must sabotage the oil pipeline and evade relentless Red guards, forcing them to rely on each other in a desperate race for survival.