Sgt. Fury #9

The cover of this 1964 Marvel issue says it all: a bare-chested, supremely determined Sgt. Fury charges forward clutching a machine gun while a ring of German soldiers closes in from every direction, weapons leveled — and a figure standing atop a swastika-emblazoned podium looms in the background. Dick Ayers's cover art captures the sheer audacity of the Howling Commandos' mission with kinetic, crowd-filling energy that makes it impossible to look away. "The world knew it couldn't be done" reads the cover blurb, and that defiant spirit makes this one of the boldest wartime adventure covers Marvel put out that year.