True Believers: Kirby 100th - Nick Fury #1

(October 2017)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stephen Wacker

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Greatest Action-Thriller of All Time! (Table of Contents: 2)

Nick Fury / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

HYDRA; Nick Fury

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #135 (August 1965)

The Man for the Job! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Nick Fury (Colonel, CIA); Nick Fury L.M.D.s (Life Model Decoys); HYDRA; Imperial Hydra (unnamed, "The Master"); Laura Brown (unnamed); Tony Stark (head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Weaponry section)

Synopsis

Nick Fury reports to the Pentagon, encountering Life Model Decoys: replicas of himself. He is driven in a gadget-filled car that converts to flying mode. Fury learns about SHIELD, an international organization whose job is to stop HYDRA, fanatics bent on world domination. Fury meets Tony Stark, in charge of SHIELD's weaponry, who tells Fury he was chosen to lead SHIELD. Fury acts quickly when he finds a hidden bomb, throwing it out a window moments before it explodes. Fury learns he is aboard the Heli-Carrier, SHIELD's mobile headquarters. Realizing the impending danger Fury accepts the job.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #135 (August 1965)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 7. Fury's previous chronological appearance was in Fantastic Four #21 (December 1963).

First appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division), LMDs, Fury's Porsche 904, HYDRA, Imperial Hydra, Laura Brown, The S.H.I.E.L.D. Heli-Carrier. Story retold in Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #4 (September 1968).

Background info on the creation of S.H.I.E.L.D. not revealed until Fury #1 (May 1994).

Celebrating Kirby 100th (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Operation: Brain Blast! (Table of Contents: 5)

Nick Fury / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Nick Fury; SHIELD's E.S.P. Division

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #141 (February 1966)

Operation: "Brain Blast!" (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited as Frank Ray)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

HYDRA; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Agent G [Laura Brown] (unnamed); Imperial Hydra [Arnold Brown]; Gabe Jones; E.S.P. Division; Mentallo; The Fixer

Synopsis

Supreme Hydra Arnold Brown cannot press the destruct button knowing his daughter would also perish. Unconvinced he is Supreme Hydra his guards execute him. Fury lets Agent G escape when she demonstrate Hydra's Vacuum-sole shoes. SHIELD's E.S.P. Division uses the Brainwave Stimulator to send Fury a mental warning of a mock attack. Mentallo, a renegade SHIELD agent, has the power to project thoughts into images as SHIELD works to copy his power. Seeing images of The Fixer, who escapes a jail cell with equipment built from common objects Mentallo intends to join forces with him.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #141 (February 1966)

Indexer Notes

Part 7 of 7 / Part 1 of 3. 1st appearance of SHIELD's E.S.P. Division, Mentallo, The Fixer. In this episode, Arnold Brown bears a resemblance to actor Arthur O'Connell. The new story starts on page 8; when Stan Lee wrote "at that very moment", he should really have said "a week later", as reading the page literally makes it appear Fury (who was heading for dinner and a long sleep) was in two places at the same time!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Nick Fury / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

Thomas Mason

Letters

typeset

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Nick Fury; HYDRA

Reprints

• from S.H.I.E.L.D. by Lee & Kirby: The Complete Collection. (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #135 (August 1965) [recolored; new trade dress]

Celebrating Jack Kirby 100th (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)