(June 1967)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1967-03-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

Crisis! (Table of Contents)

Nick Fury / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Steranko (signed as STERANKO)
Inks
Jim Steranko (signed as STERANKO)
Colors
Jim Steranko
Letters
Jim Steranko

Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Supreme Hydra [Baron Wolfgang von Strucker]; Laura Brown; Nick Fury
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Indexer Notes

Steranko coloring confirmed per checklist in Comic Book Marketplace # 28, October 1995.

Crisis! (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)

Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Supreme Hydra [Baron Wolfgang von 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. Fury manages to escapes while SHIELD searches the Heli-Carrier for the bomb Fury takes on one group of HYDRA thugs after another until Strucker faces him one-on-one. With the use of his deadly Satan Claw Strucker gains the upper hand on Fury.
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Indexer Notes

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 although the checklist in Comic Book Marketplace # 28, October 1995 states he was coloring beginning with # 157.

Part 8 of 9. 1st appearance of The Satan Claw. The nine-panel fight scene on page 7, as well as the lead-in final panel from page 6 appear to be an intentional homage to the Simon and Kirby scene of Jimmy Woo fighting the Yellow Claw's microscopic soldiers in Yellow Claw (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (February 1957).

Dazzling Data, Dizzy Dispatches, and Dangerous Declarations of Rather Dubious Distinction! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The End of the Ancient One! (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
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Zom; The Ancient One; Doctor Strange [dr. Stephen Strange]; The Living Tribunal (introduction)
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"!
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Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
Jim Steranko; Marie Severin
Inks
Jim Steranko; Marie Severin
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Until I got issue #154...
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Indexer Notes

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Crisis!
    Nick Fury
  2. 1. Crisis!
    Nick Fury
  3. 2. Dazzling Data, Dizzy Dispatches, and Dangerous Declarations of Rather Dubious Distinction!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. The End of the Ancient One!
    Doctor Strange
  5. 4. ["Dear Stan, Until I got issue #154..."]
    Strange Mails
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Robert K. S. Croy, Sr.
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Steve Jenner
  • Henry R. Kujawa
  • Steve Newton
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore