Sgt. Fury #12

This November 1964 Marvel issue poses a gripping question right on its cover: which one of the Howling Commandos deserts under fire — and why? Jack Kirby and Chic Stone's cover delivers a battle-torn Sgt. Fury lunging forward with a flamethrower blazing, surrounded by portrait insets of his squad — Cpl. Dum-Dum Dugan, Pvt. Gabriel Jones, Pvt. Percival Pinkerton, Pvt. "Rebel" Ralston, Pvt. Izzy Cohen, and Pvt. Dino Manelli — one of whom is the subject of that tantalizing accusation. Written by Stan Lee with interior art by Dick Ayers, this is wartime Marvel storytelling firing on all cylinders, with a mystery angle that makes it genuinely hard to set down.