Strange Tales #168

(May 1968)

Exile! (Table of Contents: 1)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil); Dan Adkins (co-plot, uncredited)

Pencils

Dan Adkins (credited)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Dr. Strange; Yandroth; Victoria Bentley; Ancient One

Synopsis

Yandroth's shot sends Strange plunging into the abyss, but the Ancient One uses the Trans-Hypnotic Jewel to stop his fall. Strange uses his Cloak of Levitation to grab Yandroth, but sees the Viking women about to kill Victoria. To save her, he releases his grip on Yandroth, sending him plummeting through the Dimension of Dreams, where he will eventually become nothing more than a dream himself. Banishing the phantoms, Strange whisks Victoria back to Earth where the memory of her ordeal will soon fade.

Reprints

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #78 (10 August 1968), #79 (17 August 1968)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #49 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Giant-Size Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
which is reprinted
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #54 ([Février 1976])
• 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 22 of 22; part 5 of Yandroth sequence. Series continues next month in DR. STRANGE #169 (June 1968). Yandroth (or what remains of him) would return in MARVEL FEATURE #1 (December 1971).

Today Earth Died! (Table of Contents: 2)

Nick Fury / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Steranko (credited)

Pencils

Jim Steranko (credited)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

Jim Steranko

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Nick Fury; Val [Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine]; Dum Dum Dugan; Jimmy Woo; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Chet Huntley (N.B.C. News); Vaengr

Synopsis

AS Fury begins to doze off in his office he gets a call from Val about a UFO. Landing in mid-town Manhattan a news crew and crowds gather to observe the emergence of an alien named Vaengr. He offers them The Prism Of Miracles which will banish hatred, crime, war and violence. Fury, Val & Dugan search the spaceship and discover Vaengr is not what he seems. Val & Dugan are fried to ashes by the alien who mutates into a monstrous insect-like form and gloats about his destruction of earth. Fury is awakened from his nightmare by Dugan, who tells him of a report just in about a UFO...

Awards

• Alley Awards - Best Feature Story (1968)

Reprints

• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #17 (1er trimestre 1976) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #19 (February 16, 1977) [pages 1-6], #20 (February 23, 1977) [with new splash]
• in Nick Fury, agent du S.E.R.V.O. (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1979 series) (1979)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #12 (November 1980)
• in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (December 1983) [pages 1-6], #2 (January 1984) [splash & final 5 pages]
• in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) (May 2000)
• in Dark Reign: The List - Secret Warriors One-Shot (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (December 2009)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2009)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) ([October] 2013)
• in S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #9 - Nick Fury: Agent von SHIELD, Teil 2 (September 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #126 - Ник Фьюри: Агент "Защиты"
• in Steranko Is... Revolutionary (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

A peaceful alien offering a gift pays tribute to THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), while an alien invasion which turns out to be a nightmare-- which starts all over again at the end of the story-- pays tribute to INVADERS FROM MARS (1953).

Series continues in NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #1 (June 1968).

Here It Is! Proof Positive That the Biggest Brains at Marvel --- Don't Know What They're Doing! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Tuska; Jim Steranko (illustrations)

Inks

Dan Adkins; Joe Sinnott (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Magnificent! Colossal!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Jim Bussiere; Mike Butler; Peggy Ann Dolan; and Thomas Miller. Includes two panel reproductions from a previous issue and the announcement of the two series appearing in their own titles.