Gulf of Fire - Phoenix Force, No 43 Author:Gar Wilson, William Fieldhouse The Persian Gulf has become a fire-stormed oil slick as the Iran-Iraq war rages throughout the Middle East. When the U.S. begins escorting supertankers through the Gulf, it, too, becomes a target, and there are those in the U.S. Congress who say the United States is nothing more than a sitting duck. — Phoenix Force is dispatched to Kuwait to lear... more »n if the violence is an act of state-sponsored terrorism - or the work of independent fanatics - before the U.S. declares open war on Iran. Suddenly Katz and his men find themselves up against the Purple Warriors of Righteousness, an extremist Shiite cult dedicated to carrying out their suicide mission - to deliver America to the fires of hell!« less