Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #39

Part two of "The Cold War of Nick Fury" arrives in September 1992 with a cover by Don Hudson that crackles with urgency — a battle-worn figure in torn fatigues lunges desperately across a chaotic battlefield, explosions bursting behind him, as a soldier struggles on the ground beneath his feet and another scrambles for cover in the background. The bold tagline promises "blazing battle action" in a tale called "A Hunger for Freedom," and the frantic energy of Hudson's composition delivers on every word of that promise. With Eliot Brown and Bob Sharp handling the story and Kevin Tinsley's colors keeping everything vivid and kinetic, this mid-run Cold War chapter looks like exactly the kind of high-stakes espionage action the series does best.