L'Inattendu #16
"La terrible menace" delivers a gripping Cold War-era tale in L'Inattendu #16, a 1979 French release with a 5 FRF cover price. Written by Gary Friedrich and Frank Springer, with art by Springer and inks by Mike Esposito, the story follows Nick Fury as he confronts the Hate-Monger’s escalating campaign of division, using a ray that turns youth against the elderly. With the threat spreading to a New Jersey ICBM base, Fury races to Cape Kennedy for a space capsule, leading to a high-stakes showdown aboard an orbiting station—where the Nazi villain’s fate hangs in the balance. The cover, a striking collaboration by Frank Springer and Barry Windsor-Smith, captures the tension of the moment.
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The Hate-Monger uses his ray to begin a riot setting young against old. The hate rays continue to pour forth, and gangs of youths seize power in New York and at an ICBM base in New Jersey. Conferring with the President, Fury asks for a space capsule at Cape Kennedy so he can knock out the Hate-Monger's threat. Fury invades the orbiting space station and confronts the Nazi villain. After a quick battle the Hate-Monger, trying to escape, accidentally steps out of the escape hatch and apparently dies in airless space.
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