Sgt. Fury #49

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos storm into Pacific theater action in this December 1967 issue, with the cover — penciled by Dick Ayers and inked by John Severin — putting Fury front and center, cigar clenched between his teeth and a machine gun blazing, while his squad fights through a palm-tree-dotted beachhead behind him. The headline promises the Howlers' first crack at the Pacific, billing it as "a battle-mag bombshell you'll never forget," and the chaotic, gun-smoke-filled composition makes a convincing case for that claim.