Strange Tales #157

(June 1967)

Crisis! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jim Steranko

Pencils:

Jim Steranko

Inks:

Jim Steranko

Colors:

Jim Steranko

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

Spy

Characters:

Supreme Hydra [Baron Strucker]; Laura Brown; HYDRA; Jasper Sitwell; ESP Division (cameo); Gabe Jones; Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury

Synopsis:

Strucker announces that the impregnable dome over Hydra Island will keep them safe from the "Death Spore" plague, and plans to use Fury's body as the basis for an army of HYDRA androids to "police" the world, once he's dead from the Alpha Ray beam. But Fury escapes! As SHIELD searches the Heli-Carrier for the bomb with no result, Fury, "playing it by ear", takes on one group of HYDRA thugs after another, until Strucker faces him one-on-one. Thanks to his deadly "Satan Claw", Strucker gains the upper hand, and it looks like it might be the end...!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• 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)

Indexer Notes

Part 8 of 9. 1st appearance of The Satan Claw.

The End of the Ancient One! (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:

Herb Trimpe

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zom; The Ancient One; Dr. Strange; The Living Tribunal

Synopsis:

In order to pass his powers onto his desciple, The Ancient One allows Zom to defeat him. Before Strange's eyes, his mentor is fused with one of the giant rocks at Stonehenge, but not before he utters a warning. A battle ensues, until Strange manages to rip the forelock of hair from Zom's head-- at which point, an aura of evil is unleashed, and Zom declares that all is lost! From the horizon, a booming voice is heard, and Zom is banished. Strange turns to behold the towering sight of The Living Tribunal-- who declares that because of Strange's actions, Earth must be "totally destroyed"!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Fantastic and Terrific (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1968 series) #63 (27 April 1968)
• in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (1975)
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Part 11 of 22; part 2 of Zom sequence. 1st appearance of The Living Tribunal.

["Dear Stan, Until I got issue #154..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kevin Karusek; and Barry Brookner. Also includes Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.