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Jack Kirby cover/art; 1st meeting of Nick Fury and Captain America; Captain America, Bucky app.
The first meeting between Captain America and Nick Fury in the pages of a Marvel comic is truly a momentous event. In this issue Cap and Bucky enlist the aid of the Howling Commandos and foil a Nazi plot to dig a tunnel under the English Channel. The job is too big for the First Avenger and his sidekick to handle alone, so they call in Fury and his boys for backup. The tale that ensues involves a great deal of fun and fighting, highlighted by the always amazing art of Jack Kirby and a classic script by the one and only Stan Lee. The cover is worth the price of admission alone, as it is one of the iconic images of the Marvel Age, which every devoted House of Ideas fan should have in their collection.



Artists Information

Jack Kirby is called 'The King of Comics' for a reason, during his career that spanned six decades he gave us many of the most iconic characters the medium would ever see. From his introduction of Captain America at the height of World War II it was clear he wasn't your ordinary comics artist. But it was his creative explosion at Marvel Comics in the 1960's that cemented his legacy, over a short period of time Kirby would give us The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, Thor, Ant-Man and Nick Fury just to name a few. Kirby would then go to DC and create his Fourth World, introducing Darkseid, Mister Miracle, The New Gods and a host of cosmic supporting players. Long live The King.

Richard "Dick" Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of the main inkers during the late-1950's and 1960's Silver Age of Comics, including some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' including Jack Kirby's The Fantastic Four. He is the signature penciler of Marvel's World War II comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, drawing it for a 10-year run, and he co-created Magazine Enterprises' 1950s Western-horror character the Ghost Rider, a version of which he would draw for Marvel in the 1960s. His career would span 7 decades until his death in 2014.