Appearing in "Into the Jaws of the Jungle"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Sgt. Nick Fury ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- United States Army (Only in flashback)
- Howling Commandos (Only in flashback)
- Dino Manelli (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Izzy Cohen (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Eric Koenig (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Percival Pinkerton (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Gabriel Jones (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Corp. "Dum-Dum" Dugan (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Robert "Rebel" Ralston (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
- Howling Commandos (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed African Tribe
- Nazis
Other Characters:
- Jungle Jim (Referenced)
- Jack Paar (Referenced)
- Jim Thorpe (Mentioned)
- Tarzan (Mentioned)
- Devil (Invoked)
- "Happy" Sam Sawyer (Mentioned)
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Gods of Earth (Mentioned)
- Snakes (Dream)
- Lions (Referenced)
- Tigers (Referenced)
- Leopards (Mentioned)
- Pigs (Mentioned)
- Bees (Mentioned)
- Dogs (Dream)
- Crocodiles (Dream)
- Ducks (Referenced)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Events:
Synopsis for "Into the Jaws of the Jungle"
Nick Fury is chased through a jungle by tribesmen. They hesitate when he enters sacred grounds, but their boss orders them to continue. While pausing to rest, Fury is suddenly attacked by a boa constrictor. He manages to fight back and kill it with his knife. He continues to run, then gets caught in a snare trap. The tribesmen hang him upside down until he loses consciousness.
Fury wakes on the floor of a hut, and remembers earlier events. He and his team had flown to Africa to search for German soldiers. Their plane was shot down, and all of the Howling Commandos died in the crash. Fury escaped the wreckage before it exploded, then buried Dum Dum Dugan. He fled into the jungle and was spotted by the tribesmen.
Their boss enters the hut, and Fury is surprised to see it is Baron Strucker. The Baron tells Fury to get cleaned and join him for dinner. Later, Fury refuses to eat and throws his plate in Strucker's face. The Baron says they will have a safari hunt and Fury will be the quarry. He gives Fury a ten-minute head start, then tracks him with a high-powered rifle and a pack of dogs.
Fury dives into a river. When he surfaces, Strucker shoots at him. Fury avoids getting hit, but plays dead and floats so that he can get more air. Instead of retrieving Fury's body, Strucker leaves him for approaching crocodiles to eat. Fury kills one crocodile, escapes the river, and runs back to Dugan's grave.
Fury screams and wakes in a bed. Strucker reveals that some of the things Fury experienced were actually nightmares.
Notes
- The story continues in Sgt. Fury #114.
- Baron Strucker's entry in the Marvel Chronology Project places this story after his defeat at Cherbeaux (in Sgt. Fury #29) and before his takeover of Hydra in Japan (in Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders #4).