Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #143

Two armies clash across a stark dividing line on this vivid 1977 cover by Dick Ayers and John Severin — the battle-hardened Howling Commandos surge forward on one side while a wave of blue-uniformed enemy soldiers, the returning Blitz Squad, charges in from the other, explosions and rifle fire filling the yellow-hazed battlefield between them. The cover copy warns that not even Fury's hard-hitting Howlers could hope to save the free world, teasing Gary Friedrich's story "If Britain Should Fall..." with real dramatic weight. It's a wonderfully kinetic piece of wartime comics art that captures the desperate, high-stakes energy this series delivered so reliably throughout its long run.