According the Grand Comic Database, this beautiful, atomic age cover was penciled by Jack Kirby. This is prime cold-war stuff: A huge red, atomic missile, launched from the middle of some battlefield, screeching straight toward a US city. Don’t forget to duck and cover!
One must say that the gorgeous cover exaggerates the circumstances of the actual story somewhat. Instead of a major American city, the Japanese sub of this story elects to fire an atomic weapon at a single aircraft carrier. The artist here is unidentified, but the story's theme is one very common to this era: a supposed coward’s redemption.
The artist for this story is unidentified as well (reader =link supplies an ID - see comments), but I like the dark intensity. Everything seems shrouded in serious drama. Plus, it’s a very interesting story and typical of a type: A heroic officer, far too humble to openly brag, manages to tell his story at any rate.
This next story has art by Bob Powell. I know Bob Powell mostly from posts by Karswell at The Horrors Of It All. Whether it be in the Horror or War genre, Powell had a very natural way of putting a ton of personallity in a character. Can't you just hear Mike Fuselli's hard, Chi-Town/midwestern accent?
In this final story, I love the page where the big Bazooka is put into use – worth the price of admission.
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