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Cover, Our Fighting Forces #71 (Oct. 1962), DC Comics. Cover art by Jerry Grandenetti

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Jerry Grandenetti

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3. The image depicts a "wash tone" cover, which as the text discusses is an unusual technique for comic-book artists and was a signature style of this particular artist on certain subject matters.
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