Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos #29, page 13

Although the Marvel Age of Comics is often associated with its superheroes (especially the incomparable writing of Stan Lee and the artwork of such great artists as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko), I also had an affinity for its Western and War comics. They contained - in graphic narrative - valuable lessons for life. Oftimes, the assumption was not (as is popular today) that life is totally grey and that there is no right or wrong (itself questionable on its terms because it itself presupposes an absolute value that there is neither right nor wrong and therefore falls prey to its own critique, if "true"). Of course, as a child, one does not think or reflect in such a manner. What was clear was that many of the lessons have stayed with me till this day. The present page is from the latter (war) category and is from a fondly remembered issue - chock full of drama and, frankly, pretty good artwork. This page depicts the middle of an individual battle between the infamous Baron Strucker and the indomitable Nick Fury. The former had wired the entire town for destruction but, contrary to Hitler's instructions, permitted the inhabitants of that town to evacuate first, thus demonstrating that, despite his affiliation, he had a semblance of honour as well as regard for human life. The downside, however, was his pride and his insistence on eradicating his mortal enemy, Nick Fury - hence, the present battle. Both these protagonists, of course, first met very early on (in issue #5). They continued to be mortal enemies after World War Two, when Strucker joined Hydra and Fury Shield, but that is another story for another time. The present page is a particularly dramatic one - with a moral story embedded in it as well as Fury offers a hand of salvation to Strucker. As a bonus, we see the rest of the Howlers extricate themselves from a dangerous situation on the other half of the page. I managed to obtain the subsequent page as well and will also put it in my gallery.