"all-american men of war" did not start with issue #1; it was a renaming of the 1948 series "all-american western", which itself was a renaming of the 1939 series "all-american comics". the title became "all-american men of war" with issue #127, published in august–september 1952. "all-american men of war" published two issues before rebooting the numbering with issue #2 in december 1952–january 1953. "all-american men of war" #35 (july 1956) featured the first painted cover on a dc comic book.