Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #38

This August 1992 issue kicks off "The Cold War of Nick Fury" as a four-part arc, and the cover by Eliot R. Brown and Don Hudson sets the mood perfectly — a layered arrangement of TOP SECRET dossiers stamped "Eyes Only," with Nick Fury himself peering out from behind his signature eyepatch on one classified document, while a second file reveals a wartime photograph of young soldiers posed near a propeller aircraft. The design is clever and immersive, making you feel like you've stumbled across a restricted intelligence file you were never meant to see. With writing from Eliot Brown and Bob Sharp and interior art by Jerry DeCaire, this espionage thriller looks primed to dig into the shadowy history of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most battle-hardened director.