Sgt. Fury #28

This March 1966 Marvel war book serves up a harrowing cover by Dick Ayers and John Tartaglione: a shirtless, tommy-gun-blazing Sgt. Fury leaps into action above a stone wall while his Howling Commandos fight hand-to-hand around him — and below, a firing squad levels rifles at a group of civilian prisoners. The cover tagline "Not a Man Shall Remain Alive!" makes the desperate stakes abundantly clear, promising exactly the kind of high-tension, against-all-odds storytelling that made this Stan Lee–written series a Marvel staple.