Sgt Fury Keys besides #1 and #13? 0

[texmurphy2099]

Looking at a run over here of the first 80 issues, and I know 1 and 13 are keys but is there any other issue I should be looking out for?  Thanks guys

[ComicConnoisseur]

4 is the death of Junior Jupiter. This was considered huge for a long time.

 

Death of Pamela Hawley  Sgt.Fury's girlfriend.

I have been reading the Sgt.Fury Marvel Masterworks and these stories have great art and action. I have been pleasantly surprised. They hold up well for their age.

[1950's war comics]

10 minutes ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

4 is the death of Junior Jupiter. This was considered huge for a long time.

 

Death of Pamela Hawley  Sgt.Fury's girlfriend.

I have been reading the Sgt.Fury Marvel Masterworks and these stories have great art and action. I have been pleasantly surprised. They hold up well for their age.

the first ten issues are masterful !!

[texmurphy2099]

thanks guys, sounds like I'm reading the first 10 of these tonight!

[ComicConnoisseur]

23 minutes ago, texmurphy2099 said:

thanks guys, sounds like I'm reading the first 10 of these tonight!

This one is really good as well. They come back home to America and deal with The Manhattan Project.

Edited April 12, 2018 by ComicConnoisseur

[Crimebuster]

#3 has an appearance by Reed Richards during his time as an OSS agent in World War II. 

#5 is the 1st appearance of Baron Strucker. 

#8 is tied for the first appearance of Baron Zemo. It came out the same day as Avengers #6 - another interesting Stan gimmick, where Sgt. Fury told the character's story during WW2 and Avengers continued it 20 years later. #8 is also the first appearance of Percy Pinkerton. 

#10 is the first appearance of Captain Savage, who later went on to get his own spinoff series. 

#27 has the origin of Nick Fury's eyepatch. It's also the first appearance of Eric Koenig, who later joined the Howlers, became a SHIELD agent, and was played by Patton Oswalt on the Agents of SHIELD TV series. 

 

[Straw-Man]

5 is first strucker.  a good book.

[Crimebuster]

In Mexico, Sgt. Fury kept going after they ran out of US books to reprint, so they just made stuff up. I have an issue which uses the exact plot from #5, except instead of Strucker, it's a hot female assassin wearing a late 60's style mini-dress and wielding a sword. 

Not a key, but it should be!

Edited April 12, 2018 by Crimebuster

[Martin Sinescu]

1 hour ago, Crimebuster said:

In Mexico, Sgt. Fury kept going after they ran out of US books to reprint, so they just made stuff up. I have an issue which uses the exact plot from #5, except instead of Strucker, it's a hot female assassin wearing a late 60's style mini-dress and wielding a sword. 

Not a key, but it should be!

Pics? 

[Crimebuster]

4 hours ago, Martin Sinescu said:

Pics? 

 

I'm pretty sure women didn't dress like this in 1943, but... what's a little anachronism between friends?

 

 

I don't now how long these bootleg, out of continuity issues were produced, but I gather it was quite a while, because I have a much later issue - #262! - which also features Fury encountering some out of place women, this time resistance agents helping him. 

Mexican Fury was fighting a very different war than American Fury!

Edited April 13, 2018 by Crimebuster

[Martin Sinescu]

@Crimebuster Very, very cool! Thanks for posting! That splash page is 

[MusterMark]

#34 is the origin of the Howlers.

[bluechip]

On 4/12/2018 at 12:41 PM, Crimebuster said:

In Mexico, Sgt. Fury kept going after they ran out of US books to reprint, so they just made stuff up. I have an issue which uses the exact plot from #5, except instead of Strucker, it's a hot female assassin wearing a late 60's style mini-dress and wielding a sword. 

Not a key, but it should be!

I love those Mexican made issues of Sgt. Fury and Spider-man.  

[bluechip]

On 4/11/2018 at 4:24 PM, ComicConnoisseur said:

4 is the death of Junior Jupiter. This was considered huge for a long time.

 

Death of Pamela Hawley  Sgt.Fury's girlfriend.

I have been reading the Sgt.Fury Marvel Masterworks and these stories have great art and action. I have been pleasantly surprised. They hold up well for their age.

IIRC the death of Pam Hawley was the first time Marvel killed a character and it really hurt.  Junior Juniper looked expendable from the start, and killed so early his death was scripted and drawn before the first issue even hit the stands.   Pam was somebody the readers had an investment in.   And note how the cover is stylistically similar to the cover of Spider-man 121.  

[ComicConnoisseur]

Just now, bluechip said:

IIRC the death of Pam Hawley was the first time Marvel killed a character and it really hurt.  Junior Juniper looked expendable from the start, and killed so early his death was scripted and drawn before the first issue even hit the stands.   Pam was somebody the readers had an investment in.   And note how the cover is stylistically similar to the cover of Spider-man 121.  

I concur. Losing Pam was a heartbreaker. Reading this series now and wow I put it as the third best series in the Marvel Silver Age.

With FF Lee and Kirby and Spider-Man 1-39 Lee and Ditko above it.

These Silver Age Furys have been a huge surprise.

I am on issue 40 now and want more! 

[bluechip]

Just now, ComicConnoisseur said:

I concur. Losing Pam was a heartbreaker. Reading this series now and wow I put it as the third best series in the Marvel Silver Age.

With FF Lee and Kirby and Spider-Man 1-39 Lee and Ditko above it.

These Silver Age Furys have been a huge surprise.

I am on issue 40 now and want more! 

Great stuff and hugely undervalued series.  People should not assume we'll never see a wartime Fury film.   If Obama's grampa could be a tank commander in Patton's army, Nick Fury's grampa could've taken over the Howlers after Cap fell into the ice.

[Straw-Man]

On 4/20/2018 at 3:15 PM, ComicConnoisseur said:

I concur. Losing Pam was a heartbreaker. Reading this series now and wow I put it as the third best series in the Marvel Silver Age.

With FF Lee and Kirby and Spider-Man 1-39 Lee and Ditko above it.

These Silver Age Furys have been a huge surprise.

I am on issue 40 now and want more! 

it was darn sure my 3rd fave behind the very two you mention [tho' i flip them].

[ComicConnoisseur]

9 minutes ago, Straw-Man said:

it was darn sure my 3rd fave behind the very two you mention [tho' i flip them].

Just discovering Ayers art as well.  

Just found out he had a 10 year run on this. That has to be close to a record and one of the best kept secrets in comics! 

Some Ayers.

  

 

[1950's war comics]

On 4/20/2018 at 4:15 PM, ComicConnoisseur said:

I concur. Losing Pam was a heartbreaker. Reading this series now and wow I put it as the third best series in the Marvel Silver Age.

With FF Lee and Kirby and Spider-Man 1-39 Lee and Ditko above it.

These Silver Age Furys have been a huge surprise.

I am on issue 40 now and want more! 

i actually learned a bit of German language at one time from Sgt Fury ...VAS IT LOS ??????

[1950's war comics]

16 minutes ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

Just discovering Ayers art as well.  

Just found out he had a 10 year run on this. That has to be close to a record and one of the best kept secrets in comics! 

as a war comics guy of course i loved Fury's and as i mentioned before ... the first ten issues are BRILLIANT ,... actually the first 20 issues