Strange Tales #154

(March 1967)

Beware... the Deadly Dreadnought! (Table of Contents)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Steranko (plot); Roy Thomas (dialogue)

Pencils:

Jim Steranko

Inks:

Jim Steranko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

Spy

Characters:

Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury; Laura Brown; Gabe Jones; Supreme Hydra ["Agent Bronson" (alias)]; Jasper Sitwell; HYDRA; Boothroyd (Personal Effects Dept.); The Dreadnought (HYDRA Robot)

Synopsis:

While the AUTOFAC computer works out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury plans to have Bronson transport Laura to SHIELD's West coast HQ. In the Personal Effects Dept. Fury is given a new weapons-laden outfit. Just in time-- as moments later, he's attacked by The Dreadnought, a deadly 8-foot-tall HYDRA killer robot. Laura suspects Bronson may be the Supreme Hydra himself, and her suspicions are confirmed by AUTOFAC, but before she can pass on the info, Bronson overpowers her. Fury just barely manages to beat The Dreadnought, but finds Laura is missing-- and AUTOFAC names her as the Supreme Hydra!

Reprints:

• in SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #5 (October 1973) [minus 2 pages]
• in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) #[nn] (May 2000)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2009)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #5 (October 1973) [minus 2 pages]
• in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) #nn (May 2000)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Part 5 of 9. Fury's "Repulsor Watch," capable of deflecting bullets, later turned up in the film LIVE AND LET DIE (1973), though in the movie, it was only used to attract metal, not deflect it. SHIELD would build their own "Dreadnought," a tunneling machine, which would turn up in STRANGE TALES #167 (April 1968). HYDRA's "Dreadnought" would turn up again in DAREDEVIL #121 (May 1975).

More Marvel Masterpieces... (Table of Contents)

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics; Amazing Spider-Man; Marvel Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967); Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #46 (March 1967); and Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967), with covers shown, and all advertised as "Now On Sale!".

Clea Must Die! (Table of Contents)

Dr. Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Marie Severin (co-plot); Stan Lee (co-plot, dialogue)

Pencils:

Marie Severin

Inks:

Marie Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

The Mindless Ones; Dr. Strange; Umar; Veritas (Embodiment of Truth Incarnate); Clea (image only)

Synopsis:

Thru trickery Strange manages to escape The Mindless One. Using the Eye of Agamotto, he spies on Umar in her castle, as she plots to grind each dimension in turn under her heel. Seeking to free the prisoners in Umar's dungeon, Strange encounters Veritas, the "Embodiment of Truth Incarnate", and takes him to the castle past as swarm of flying demons. Umar is shocked and cannot bear the sight of herself as she really is (thanks to Veritas), but as Strange confronts her, she sends forth a mystic bolt of death-- toward Clea!

Reprints:

• in Fantastic and Terrific (IPC, 1968 series) #58 (23 March 1968)
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2005)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Part 8 of 22; part 4 of Umar sequence. The flying demons around Umar's castle are strikingly similar to those seen in the 1968 SPIDER-MAN cartoon, "The Evil Sorcerer". Cover story.

["Dear Stan, Allow me to be the first..."] (Table of Contents)

Strange Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Bruce Long; Kenneth Sneyd; Karen Bower; and Bill Homah.