Featuring: Sgt. Fury
Release: December 8, 1966
Cover: February 1967
12 cents
Herculean editing by Stan Lee
Halcyon scripting by Roy Thomas
Heroic plotting and drawing by Dick Ayers
Heavenly inking by John Tartaglione
Homogenized lettering by Artie Simek
20 pages
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Oh well, like I always say, nobody lives forever!
There is a trend toward recognizing artists for their work in plotting. I think this is the first time we’ve seen Ayers get a plotting credit.
The Howlers are in the Bavarian Alps, infiltrating a Nazi stronghold known as the Fortress of Fear to stop a new superweapon called the Thunderer.
Manelli is about to undergo surgery. Too bad, as there is a host of women to charm, and he was the best at it. Can Eric compare?
Colonel Klaue runs the facility. He has a gloved hand which seems very strong. He frequently uses it to smash things for metaphorical emphasis. This is Klaue’s first appearance, but won’t be his last. He will become an irregular thorn in the Commandos’ side.
We also meet one old foe. Siegfried from the old Blitzkrieg Squad. He seems to be here without his old comrades. We’d made I think heroic effort in sorting out who was who amongst the Blitzers. Siegfried we were confident was Dugan’s counterpart, the brawler with the Bavarian cap. I guess that’s why we see him in Bavaria.
Turns out Colonel Klaue has a steel hand. Why Fury is really feeling those punches.
Project Thunderer turns out to be something called a “jet”. A plane with some fancy kind of propulsion that can fly real fast.
The Howlers blow the fortress and escape in the stolen Thunderer. Klaue survives the explosion.
They get in a fight with Luftwaffe bombers on the way, but make it almost safely home to Britain. Though the fancy Nazi jet has all but fallen apart as they arrive.
Typical Nazi weapons engineering. Likes those weapons from Schindler. Always failing.
Let’s check out the latest bulletin. Not much here we haven’t already noted from the credits to the comics. Severin is now the regular on Dr. Strange. Kane is now the regular on the Hulk. Thomas is scripting at least four titles each month. A new Ghost Rider series. And the cast of the FF has become quite the ensemble, with Silver Surfer, Black Panther, Wyatt Wingfoot, and the Inhumans all seeming like regular fixtures.
Tell It To Fury!
Rating: ★★★☆☆, 50/100
Significance: ★★★☆☆
Characters:
- Sgt. Nick Fury
- Dum Dum Dugan
- Rebel Ralston
- Izzy Cohen
- Percy Pinkerton
- Gabe Jones
- Eric Koenig
- Major Tuschoff
- Colonel Klaue
- Siegfried
- Major Liebson
- Dr. Warren Parker
- Dino Manelli
- Capt. Sam Sawyer
Minor characters:
- Elga
Story notes:
- Howlers onn a mission in the Bavarian Alps. G-2 thinks the Nazis are building a super weapon in this mountain headquarters. Known as Festung Von Furcht, the Fortress of Fear.
- Eric Koenig steals a Nazi uniform.
- Commandos find a records floor with Nazi women, the German equivalent of the Women Army Corps (WACs).
- Fury reflects on Dino’s absence.
- We are reminded Dino is awaiting an operation from the doctor they rescued last issue.
- Project Thunderer about to be tested.
- Major Turschoff tries to phone Colonel Klaue but Izzy cuts the phone lines.
- Dugan runs into Siegried from the Blitzkrieg Squad.
- Meanwhile, Dr. Parker performs the operation on Dino Manelli.
- Klaue easily smashes Fury’s gun with his gloved hand.
- Klaue’s left hand made of steel.
- Project Thunderer a plane without propellers. A “jet”.
- Koenig had seen plans for a jet-propelled plane when he was the aide of Dr. Draus.
- Izzy lays dynamite and the Howlers escape in the jet as the Fortress explodes.
- Klaue survived explosion behind bomb-proof door.
- Koenig had locked the women in a different sector to make sure they were not killed in the explosion.
- Thunderer flies 500 mph, faster than the fastest Allied fighter.
- Thunderer comes across Luftwaffe bombers heading toward London and causes them trouble.
- Wheels not responding, and Thunderer running low on fuel.
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