Strange Tales #156

(May 1967)

The Tribunal! (Table of Contents: 1)

Nick Fury / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Steranko (credited)

Pencils

Jim Steranko (credited)

Inks

Jim Steranko (credited)

Colors

Jim Steranko ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nick Fury confined to quarters under armed guard!

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Laura Brown; Dum Dum Dugan; Colonel Nick Fury; Gabe Jones; Jasper Sitwell
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo)
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Goliath [Hank Pym] (cameo); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Supreme Hydra [Wolfgang von Strucker] (disguised as Agent Bronson); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo); HYDRA

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Fury's quarters are destroyed, apparently killing him! Bronson heads for Hydra Island, a futuristic, hi-tech fortress in the Pacific resuming his guise as Supreme Hydra. He announces to the world that he's placed a Death Spore bomb on board the Heli-Carrier which will unleash a plague upon the entire Earth! He plans to stage a fake trial for Laura, as an example to all who would defy him. Having suspected Bronson from the start, Fury who was hiding on board the Dyna-Soar is captured and discovers the true identity of the Supreme Hydra is Baron Strucker, his old foe from WW2!

Reprints

• in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #15 - Nick Fury - Agente da SHIELD
• in Agente Internacional (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #22 (Febrero 29 de 1968)
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #14 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) (May 2000)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2009)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) ([October] 2013)
• in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #8 - Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Part One (November 2014)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #8 - Nick Fury: Agent von SHIELD, Teil 1 (August 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #124 - Ник Фьюри: Агент "Защиты"
• in Steranko Is... Revolutionary (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

Part 7 of 9. See various issues of SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS for earlier appearances of Baron Strucker. 24 years had elapsed between Fury & Strucker's last meeting and this one. Shortly after this comic's publication, the 007 film YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE would reveal the identity of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s "Number One", Ernst Stavros Blofeld; Donald Pleasence's onscreen appearance, bald with an odd, monocle-shaped scar, is similar to Strucker's.

In the introduction to Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury Agent of Shield Volume 2 Steranko says he took over the color chores with Strange Tales #165.

A Profound Potpourri of Perplexing Pronouncements and Preposterous Philosophy, All Portending Practically Nothing! (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Items; List of Marvel TV Stations; list of 26 M.M.M.S. members

Umar Walks the Earth! (Table of Contents: 3)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Marie Severin (credited) (co-plot)

Pencils

Marie Severin (credited)

Inks

Marie Severin (credited)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In order to foil the fiendish Umar, I have sent my disciple, Dr. Strange,

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ancient One; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Umar; Wong; Zom (first appearance)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Ancient One sends Strange to the Amphora, a large vase guarded by fiery demons in order to free Zom, a being imprisoned by Eternity. Umar comes to earth, destroys Strange's house and summons The Ancient One. Strange unleashes Zom who he persuades to follow him to Earth. The Ancient One lures Umar to Stonehenge where he defeated Dormammu in the past. Strange surprises Umar who flees back to The Dark Dimension, where Zom cannot find her! Zom had been bound by chains of living bondage by Dormammu and seeks vengeance, but with Umar gone he turns his anger against Strange and his mentor.

Reprints

• in Agente Internacional (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #22 (Febrero 29 de 1968)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #61 (13 April 1968), #62 (20 April 1968)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #47 (décembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([September] 2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 ([January] 2013)
• in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 (2021)
• in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 - I, Dormammu (2023)

Indexer Notes

Part 10 of 22; part 6 of Umar sequence; part 1 of Zom sequence. Umar comes to Earth for first time.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Marie Severin

Inks

Marie Severin

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, In the past few issues...

Reprints

• in S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Wally Daniels, Shirley Gorman, Barry Brookner, and David Walker; Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.