Sgt. Fury #9

Name: Sgt. Fury #9
Brand: Marvel
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Aug 1964 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Mission: Capture Adolf Hitler!”

★ 1st appearance — Eric Koenig

About this Issue

Sgt. Fury #9, titled 'Mission: Capture Adolf Hitler!', is one of the most audacious single-issue mission concepts in Silver Age Marvel war comics: a squad-level commando team is assigned to physically kidnap the Führer from inside Berlin. The issue delivers a narrative pivot that elevates the stakes of the entire Fury–Strucker rivalry, cementing Baron Strucker as the series' central antagonist by giving him his second full appearance and his most humiliating defeat yet — forced at gunpoint to deliver his own side's leader into Fury's hands. The twist ending, in which the captured 'Hitler' turns out to be a body double, functions as both a clever plot resolution and an early example of Marvel using real-world wartime historical detail (the documented Nazi use of doubles) as genuine story architecture rather than mere window dressing. As the ninth issue of a still-young series, it demonstrated that Stan Lee and Dick Ayers were willing to swing for the biggest possible dramatic targets, a creative boldness that kept the book distinct from other WWII war comics of the era.

writer Stan Lee · artist Dick Ayers · inker Geo. Bell · letterer S. Rosen · colorist George Roussos · cover Dick Ayers

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History

By issue #9, the series had transitioned away from its co-creator Jack Kirby; following seven issues penciled by Kirby, Dick Ayers had taken over the penciling duties and would go on to draw the book for 95 issues — making it his signature series. Stan Lee wrote the script, and George Roussos inked under the house pseudonym 'Geo. Bell,' a common Marvel practice of the period. The series itself had originated from a bet Stan Lee made with publisher Martin Goodman that the Lee-Kirby approach could sell even a war comic with a deliberately unwieldy title, and by issue #9 that gamble had clearly paid off — the book was popular enough to sustain increasingly ambitious story concepts, including sending the team deep into Germany on a mission targeting history's most recognizable villain.

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Story title: 'Mission: Capture Adolf Hitler!' — released June 9, 1964, with an August 1964 cover date.
Script by Stan Lee; pencils by Dick Ayers; inks by George Roussos (credited as 'Geo. Bell'); cover art by Dick Ayers.
Features the second appearance of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who first appeared in Sgt. Fury #5 ('At the Mercy of Baron Strucker'). Strucker immediately recognizes Fury, establishing their ongoing personal rivalry.
The Howling Commandos are sent to Berlin to kidnap Hitler; after being recognized by Strucker at a rally, most of the team is captured by the Gestapo and sentenced to execution at dawn.
Plot resolution: Fury forces Strucker at gunpoint to deliver Hitler himself to the execution site, allowing the squad to escape — but the 'Hitler' they capture is revealed to be a body double, and Allied command regards the mission as a propaganda success.
The letters column includes a letter from future comics artist Dave Cockrum, making this a minor piece of comics production history.
The story has been reprinted in: Special Marvel Edition #7 (November 1972); Marvel Masterworks: Sgt. Fury Vol. 1 (2006 and 2013 printings); Essential Sgt. Fury Vol. 1 (2011); Sgt. Fury Epic Collection Vol. 1: The Howling Commandos (2019).
Percival Pinkerton — the British commando who joined the team in #8 — appears here in only his second issue, already using his signature umbrella as a weapon to disarm Strucker during the Berlin melee.