We begin with The Losers in "Ride the Nightmare" by Robert Kanigher. Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. Johnny Cloud has been haunted by nightmares. The nightmares have caused him to react irrationally, even when wide awake. The other members of the team worry that Johnny's actions could put the team in danger. When the Losers are sent to retrieve a Polish scientist held prisoner by the Nazis, Johnny puts himself in harm's way. The other Losers protect him.
They find the scientist, but their escape is blocked. After the scientist sacrifices his own life by falling on a grenade, Johnny goes berserk and unleashes his rage on the Nazis. He destroys an enemy missile site and in the resulting confusion, the Losers escape. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The Losers Vol. 1 TPB (2012).
We end with "Ironclad! Man Your Guns" drawn by Fred Ray. A Union soldier boy mans a battery on the Mississippi River and dreams of getting a medal from President Lincoln. He and his fellow soldiers are confronted by a Confederate ironclad attempting to break through barriers and bring supplies to the confederacy. Onboard the ironclad, a young Confederate soldier also has dreams of a Presidential medal, only from President Davis. The ironclad wreaks havoc on the Union guns and breaks through the Union lines. The young Union boy is the only survivor and he takes a rowboat and a lone explosive and rows after the ironclad. As his boat sinks, he lights the fuse and wedges the explosive to the ironclad's wooden hull but is swept up in the flow of the ironclad's prop when the bomb goes off.
The only survivor from the ironclad is the young Confederate boy, who sees the Union boy in the water and bulls him to shore. In the end, both boys received medals from President Lincoln.
Edited by Joe Kubert.
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