Heroic Comics #34

When Russian bombers can't locate a German airfield's hidden fuel supply, guerrilla leader Anastas devises a daring plan: a volunteer swimmer must cross an ice-cold bay under cover of darkness to mark the submerged tanks with a light visible only from above. Alexander Karpovich "Sashko" Golubenko accepts the treacherous assignment, braving freezing waters and enemy fire to guide the Soviet Stormoviks to their target in this 1946 tale of sacrifice and courage behind enemy lines.

When an Allied air raid on Dresden gives a thousand enslaved workers their chance, they seize captured Nazi weapons and transform themselves into a fierce guerrilla force, determined to fight their way across Germany toward the Red Army. Led by Comrade Shumilin, this ragtag band wages sabotage and combat against overwhelming odds—destroying ammunition dumps, derailing trains, and ambushing convoys in a desperate bid for freedom. It's a rousing tale of survival and defiance from the darkest hours of World War II.

When a German armored column attacks American positions near Malmedy, Belgium, PFC. Francis Currey finds himself the only soldier willing to venture out and scavenge heavy weapons from an abandoned factory to turn the tide. Armed with ingenuity and whatever firepower he can find—bazooka, rifle grenades, and a machine gun—Currey launches a one-man offensive to create diversions and keep the enemy pinned down long enough for his trapped comrades to escape.

Corporal Yoshiharu N. Aoyama, a Japanese-American soldier serving with the 42nd Regimental Combat Team, braves intense enemy fire on the Italian front to rescue a wounded comrade. His selfless heroism in the face of overwhelming danger becomes a testament to his courage and devotion to his country.

Vitaman takes on a radio game show challenge where he must define or find three gorillas in under 45 minutes to win a prize on "Happy" Harry Hooper's "Define or Find It" program. Armed with the definition wrong and the clock ticking, Vitaman tracks down an actual boxer nicknamed Gorilla Grogan, befriends a traveling guerrilla fighter named Nicholaus, and secures a real gorilla from a carnival—all while racing back to the studio before airtime ends. It's a madcap scramble that proves sometimes the shortest path between a definition and a prize is the wildest one.