Sgt. Fury #55

(June 1968)

The Cry of Battle, the Kiss of Death (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Fury / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Friedrich

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

John Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Nick Fury

Synopsis:

While on a mission, the Howlers are inside a building when Allied bombers make a strike. When they wake up, they find themselves in a hospital ward, presuming that they've been rescued by the Red Cross. Fury, finding himself in clean sheets, comes to the conclusion (jokingly) that they must be in heaven. The joke fades and apparent confirmation of his heavenly reward approaches in the form of an angel in white, a dead ringer for Pamela Hawley.
The reality of the situation is that they've awoken in a Nazi hospital ward, and their nurse is a woman named Irma. Fury realizes this as, in the midst of his "heavenly reunion", Nazi soldiers enter the ward. "There cain't be no krauts in heaven!" says Fury.
The rest of the story involves the Howlers escape from the Nazis, with Irma's assistance.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (Marvel, 1974 series) #151 (April 1979)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis by Ed Boner (via DC History Yahoo List, June 23, 2008).