Strange Tales #147

(August 1966)

The Enemy Within! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (co-plot, uncredited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (see notes)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Advanced Idea Mechanics [A.I.M.]: A.I.M. Member (antagonist) (part of "Them"); Count Bornag Royale (villain)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Dum Dum Dugan (featured); Colonel Nick Fury (featured); Jasper Sitwell (featured)
Mindless Ones (villain); Clipper Charlie (barber); Slim; manicure girl

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Returning from their latest mission, Fury catches hell from the military brass. Count Royale continues bad-mouthing Fury to SHIELD's board of directors. A general explains to Fury how A.I.M. has technology they desperately need, but refuse to do business as long as Fury's in charge. This confirms Fury's earlier suspicions that A.I.M. is not legit. Royale has returned to an A.I.M. observation post and watches as a squad invades the SHIELD barber shop. Fury, Dum Dum & Jasper save the day. Royale, meanwhile, feels Fury's rash actions have put the last nail in his coffin.

Reprints

• in SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) [minus 1 page; minus 2 pages]
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #13 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D. by Lee & Kirby: The Complete Collection. (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 5. Dick Ayers inks per Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (24 July 2005). Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo) is incorrectly listed in the credits. Henry Kujawa confirms (7 August 2007).

Weapons are credited to Forbush Novelty Co.

Items of Lasting Insignificance from the Four Corners of Marveldom! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

From the Nameless Nowhere Comes... Kaluu! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (pp. 1-5); Denny O'Neil (credited) (pp. 6-10); Bill Everett (co-plot, uncredited)

Pencils

Bill Everett (credited as Billy Everett); Steve Ditko (see notes)

Inks

Bill Everett (credited as Billy Everett); Steve Ditko (see notes)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Even in New York's famous, fantastic, far-out Greenwich Village...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Avengers
The Avengers: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (featured)
Ancient One (supporting); Baron Mordo (villain); Clea (guest) (a vision in ectoplasmic form); Clea (flashback) (guest); Dormammu (flashback) (villain); Kaluu (cameo) (first cameo appearance of Kaluu (eyes only)); Mindless Ones (villain); pharmacist (unnamed); Wong (manservant); building inspector (unnamed); Hiram Barney (theatrical agent)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Strange walks the streets of Greenwich Village and after stopping a robbery returns home to find his bills unpaid, his bank account empty, and a city building inspector informing him he has six months to bring his house up to code. He instructs Wong to sell some jewels to pay the bills, checks up on Baron Mordo, thinks back on recent events, and then contacts a theatrical agent, Hiram Barney, about a possible nightclub gig. But he's told magic is "out"-- rock bands are "in"! Just then he's contacted by The Ancient One, who tells him of a most dire menace in the offing, named Kaluu.

Reprints

• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #35 (9 December 1967)
• in Le Fils de Satan (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #17 (3ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
• 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 1 of 22. Unusually light-hearted "break" between 2 very long storylines. While the next 2 years of the series can be broken down into sections, each runs into the next so much it's effectively one single long epic.

Page 6, panels 3-5 and page 7, panels 1-5 consist of Steve Ditko panels from Strange Tales #127.

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

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

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Concerning the "new role" of Nick Fury...

Characters

Fantastic Four: The Thing [Ben Grimm] (featured)

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Thomas M. Bell, Larry Mone, Elgin R. Gray, and Robin Goodfellow; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.