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Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1 CGC (2.0)

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Title: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
Issue: #1
Publisher: Marvel
Year: 05/1963
Grade: GD 2.0

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

SEVEN AGAINST THE NAZIS! / WEAPONS OF WAR Sergeant Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury picks six men for a field team of special operations personnel whom he leads in the field, with Captain Samuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer being in ultimate command.