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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published March 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "In The Desert A Fortress Stands!"

Characters Howling Commandoes [Sgt. Fury; Robert Ralston; "Dum Dum" Dugan; Izzy Cohen; Gabriel Jones; Percival Pinkerton]
Genre War
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Reprinted in Special Marvel Edition (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (recolored)

20 page Sgt. Fury story "A Fortress In the Desert Stands"

Characters Howling Commandoes [Sgt. Fury; Robert Ralston; "Dum Dum" Dugan; Izzy Cohen; Gabriel Jones; Percival Pinkerton; Hans Rooten (Mascot); Dino Manelli]; General Palmer; Sam Sawyer
Synopsis A lone soldier warns the Allied commanders of a Nazi Super-Weapon hidden in the desert but his message is cut short. The Howling Commandos are sent to North Africa to find out what the Nazi's are building and to destroy it if possible.
Genre War
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Frank Giacoia [as Frank Ray]
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Special Marvel Edition (Marvel, 1971 series) #14