Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos #128

In the pages of Essential Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos,Vol. 1, Fury's right hand man, Dum Dum Dugan was injured and sent stateside for rehabilitation. Unknown to the Howlers, Dugan was on his way back to them when his transport vehicle was shot down by the feared Nazi raider, the Sea Shark! Now as the Howlers, with help from the mysterious Navy Captain known only as the Skipper, scour the Atlantic for survivors of the attack, Dum Dum leads his comrades on a desperate mission of survival! That's because the Sea Shark has it in mind to finish off the job of elimination of all evidence of the villain's actions, which are in clear violation of the Geneva Convention!

As much as Stan Lee could milk a dead horse with endless appearances by Doctor Doom in the pages of the Fantastic Four or Magneto giving the X-Men constant fits, the Marvel legend sure could keep things fresh in the pages of Sgt. Fury. Plus Stan the Man wasn't afraid to shake up the Howler's lineup. 

I think being veterans of World War II, Stan and the rest of the bullpen did everything they could within the confines of the Comics Code to make the war in Sgt. Fury as realistic as possible. So they added a few Nazi villains that were colorfully on par with the typical comic book baddie. Based on the fact that this version of the war occurs in a universe filled with superheroes, it makes sense that these Nazis seemed like demonic mad scientists bent on world domination and the spread of evil. ( Man, I'm starting to sound like Stan Lee here...) However, in the pages of Sgt. Fury, good men died, got injured, and bore their scars internally as well as externally.

Look, I am a huge fan of Nick Fury. I love his super spy adventures and I just adore his stint in the United States Army. These issues are some of the best works of the Marvel Age of Comics. Being a war comic, which has a sorta niche following, these books are seriously underrated. I'm glad I got my hands on all of the issues I needed for a full story run before the secret of these gems got out!

Reprinting the main story from Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #26.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.