Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (1963)
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1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury
1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)
In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color
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1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury
1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)
In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color
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2nd appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury
2nd team appearance of the Howling Commandos
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2nd appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury
2nd team appearance of the Howling Commandos
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First meeting of Nick Fury and Mr. Fantastic
3rd appearance of Nick Fury
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First meeting of Nick Fury and Mr. Fantastic
3rd appearance of Nick Fury
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First meeting of Nick Fury and Mr. Fantastic
3rd appearance of Nick Fury
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First meeting of Nick Fury and Mr. Fantastic
3rd appearance of Nick Fury
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Death of Junior Juniper
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Death of Junior Juniper
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1st appearance of Baron Strucker
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1st appearance of Percival Pinkerton
1st full appearance of Baron Heinrich Zemo - on-sale the same week as Avengers #6
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1st appearance of Percival Pinkerton
1st full appearance of Baron Heinrich Zemo - on-sale the same week as Avengers #6
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1st appearance of Percival Pinkerton
1st full appearance of Baron Heinrich Zemo - on-sale the same week as Avengers #6
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1st appearance of Percival Pinkerton
1st full appearance of Baron Heinrich Zemo - on-sale the same week as Avengers #6
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1st appearance of Captain Savage as the Skipper
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1st appearance of Captain Savage as the Skipper
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First team-up of Captain America and Nick Fury
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Reprint of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13, distributed by JC Penney department stores
Identified by the BIC advertisement on back cover
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Reprint of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13, distributed by JC Penney department stores
Identified by the BIC advertisement on back cover
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1st team appearance of the Blitz Squad
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Origin of Nick Fury's eye-patch
1st appearance of Eric Koenig
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Origin of Nick Fury's eye-patch
1st appearance of Eric Koenig
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