(January 1967)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-10-11
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 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

Into the Dimension of Death! (Table of Contents)

Doctor Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dr. Strange; Umar
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Cover Thumbnail for Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #152 Cover Thumbnail for Strange Tales (1951 series) #152 [British]
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The Power of SHIELD! (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); Jim Steranko (credited)
Inks
Jim Steranko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Nick Fury; Gabe Jones; Jasper Sitwell; HYDRA; Supreme Hydra ["Don Cabellero"; "Emir Ali-Bey"]; Laura Brown; Tony Stark (cameo)
Synopsis
Fury signals SHIELD but after Sitwell realizes Fury is the pilot he still orders the launching of a Strato-Mine which could ignite the atmosphere. Supreme Hydra learns that Laura Brown, the daughter of his predecessor who helped Fury has been captured in Egypt. Donning a new disguise he leaves to exact punishment. Fury turns the plane around, and, discovering the hidden Overkill Horn, dives from the plane, picked up by a SHIELD submarine. The plane, followed by the Strato-Mine, obliterates Karnopolis and all within HYDRA base. Soon after, Fury & a SHIELD squad rescues Laura from HYDRA thugs.
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 9. Laura Brown's previous appearance in STRANGE TALES #141 (February 1966).

Pulse-Pounding Pronouncements, Passionately Philosophical, Preposterously Profound, and Particularly Prepared for Permanent Oblivion! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Dr. Strange

Indexer Notes

Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; list of 26 M.M.M.S. members.

Into the Dimension of Death! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited); Bill Everett (co-plot, uncredited)
Pencils
Bill Everett (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dr. Strange; Umar; Mindless Ones
Synopsis
Strange finds himself once more in The Dark Dimension, the home of Dormammu & Clea. After facing several dangers, he senses the power of a woman behind it all. Umar uses a pair of cloudy "spirits" to summon Strange to her presence. She tells him of her imprisonment, and that she wishes to "make amends" for her brother's deeds. She also tells him that Clea has been captured by The Mindless Ones, and that she summoned him as the one Clea hoped would rescue her. Strange doesn't trust Umar, but departs to help Clea, soon confronting The Mindless Ones...
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Indexer Notes

Part 6 of 22; Part 2 of Umar sequence. The visuals of the "twin spirits" flying, Strange's capture and his flying from Umar's castle on pages 5, 6 & 10 are strikingly similar to scenes in the 3rd season ROCKET ROBIN HOOD cartoon (and the subsequent 3rd season SPIDER-MAN cartoon remake), "Revolt In The Fifth Dimension". Bill Everett's last Dr. Strange episode. After doing finishes on The Hulk and inks on Sub-Mariner, Everett took over the art and co-plotting on Sub-Mariner this month in TALES TO ASTONISH #87 (January 1967).

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

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

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
Bill Everett; Jack Kirby
Inks
Bill Everett; Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, I was shocked at first...
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from David Lerner, Richard Rucker, and Sung Fui Chew, as well as two panel reproductions from previous issues.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Into the Dimension of Death!
    Doctor Strange
  2. 1. The Power of SHIELD!
    Nick Fury
  3. 2. Pulse-Pounding Pronouncements, Passionately Philosophical, Preposterously Profound, and Particularly Prepared for Permanent Oblivion!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Into the Dimension of Death!
    Doctor Strange
  5. 4. ["Dear Stan, I was shocked at first..."]
    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
  • Henry R. Kujawa
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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