Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #34

The cover by Wyman and Hudson says it all — a battered Nick Fury lies flat on his back, S.H.I.E.L.D. helmet tumbling aside, while the imposing Baron Strucker looms over him clutching a massive weapon, flanked by a ring of green-clad HYDRA agents. "Strucker Strikes!" the cover blurb announces, and the image makes that threat feel genuinely dire. Scott Lobdell's "In the Field" promises high-stakes espionage action in this April 1992 issue, with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agent looking very much like he's in over his head.