Sgt. Fury #40
(March 1967)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except August, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-01-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Bard Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

That France Might Be Free! (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
war
Characters
Dum Dum Dugan; Gabriel Jones; Pvt. Eric Koenig; Pvt. Isadore Cohen ["Izzy"]; Pvt. Percival Pinkerton; Pvt. Robert Ralston ["Rebel"]; Sgt. Nick Fury
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (5 January 2005). Original indexer credited John Tartaglione.

...That France Might Be Free! (Table of Contents: 1)

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Ayers (credited) (plot); Roy Thomas (credited) (script)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Feature Logo
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos!
Genre
war
Characters
Captain Sawyer ["Happy Sam"]; Claire; Dum Dum Dugan; Gabriel Jones; Jacques Dernier ["Frenchie"]; Pvt. Dino Manelli; Pvt. Eric Koenig; Pvt. Isadore Cohen ["Izzy"]; Pvt. Percival Pinkerton ["Pinky"]; Pvt. Robert Ralston ["Rebel"]; Sgt. Nick Fury
Reprints

A Batty Barrage of Bombastic Bulletins; Burstin' with Bi-Partisan Banter, Bare-Faced Banality, and Unabashed Bull! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
John F. Hayes (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 1, 1966. Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 430,986. Single issue nearest to filing date: 511,056.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Tell It to Fury / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Dick Ayers (illustrations)
Inks
John Tartaglione (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Dum Dum Dugan (illos); Sgt. Nick Fury (illos)

Indexer Notes

Letters on Sgt. Fury #35 & 36 from Floyd Smith, L.J. Edington, Danny Beller, Anthony Roche, Martin Lurvey, Joyce Brannon, Barnee Escott, and Jessica Lottman; includes Next Ish blurb, images taken from earlier issues and M.M.M.S. membership form.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. That France Might Be Free!
    Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  2. 1. ...That France Might Be Free!
    Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  3. 2. A Batty Barrage of Bombastic Bulletins; Burstin' with Bi-Partisan Banter, Bare-Faced Banality, and Unabashed Bull!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Tell It to Fury
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Max Capp
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart