*War: Our event spotlighting significant Marvel debuts continues in our war category. Following their success at revamping the superhero genre, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby turned their hand to the war comic, transplanting their bravura, over-the-top style to the WWII arena by creating Sergeant Nick Fury and His Howling Commandos, seven larger-then-life personalities, who, given their phenomenal combat skills and resistance to massive amounts of gunfire, were super-heroes in all but name. Sgt. Fury was one of Marvel’s earliest characters to star in two separate franchises – in World War II, and in the ‘present day’ as head of SHIELD. Sgt. Fury #1 had, we suspect, a significantly smaller print run than its stablemates – certainly, while no early Marvel Universe #1 is in plentiful supply, we see this one much less frequently than most of its superhero brethren. This is a very desirable copy, with only a tiny chip in the upper left corner and a small scuff on the ‘A’ of the logo precluding a higher grade. GD/VG p £425. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD