(October 1973)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-07-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #98, June 1973.
Death-Trap!
Nick Fury / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- HYDRA; Nick Fury
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #155 (April 1967) - 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) [1/4 page]
-
![Cover Thumbnail for SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #5](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/26/w200/26310.jpg?-4694629344952337172)
Beware... The Deadly Dreadnought!
Nick Fury / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jim Steranko (plot); Roy Thomas (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jim Steranko
- Inks
- Jim Steranko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original Editor)
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury; Laura Brown; Gabe Jones; Supreme Hydra ["Agent Bronson"]; Jasper Sitwell; HYDRA; Boothroyd (Personal Effects Dept.); The Dreadnought (HYDRA Robot)
- Synopsis
- While the AUTOFAC computer works out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury plans to have Bronson transport Laura to SHIELD's West coast HQ. In the Personal Effects Dept. Fury is given a new weapons-laden outfit. Moments later he's attacked by The Dreadnought, a deadly 8-foot-tall HYDRA killer robot. Laura suspects Bronson may be the Supreme Hydra himself, and her suspicions are confirmed by AUTOFAC, but before she can pass on the info, Bronson overpowers her. Fury just barely manages to beat The Dreadnought, but finds Laura is missing and AUTOFAC names her as the Supreme Hydra.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #154 (March 1967) [minus 2 pages]
-
Indexer Notes
Part 5 of 9. Fury's "Repulsor Watch", capable of deflecting bullets, later turned up in the film LIVE AND LET DIE (1973), though in the movie, it was only used to attract metal, not deflect it.
Death-Trap!
Nick Fury / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- Nick Fury; President Johnson (cameo); Jasper Sitwell; Professor Anton Trojak (creator of Q-Ray machine; Anihil-Agent 47); HYDRA; Gabe Jones; Dum Dum Dugan; Supreme Hydra ["Agent Bronson"]; Laura Brown
- Synopsis
- The Heli-Carrier takes on a number of VIP's, as well as Prof. Trojak and his "Q-Ray" for a demonstration. But Trojak is really a HYDRA agent, and his oversized machine has been used to smuggle several HYDRA thugs aboard. In addition to these dangers, Fury must also cope with his 3 best friends, who've been hypnotized to kill him. Fury manages to save the day, and an injured, unconscious Laura is found hidden in the computer room, wearing a HYDRA outfit. President Lyndon B. Johnson blames Fury for the security screw-up and orders him confined to quarters.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #155 (April 1967) [minus 2 pages]
-
Indexer Notes
Part 6 of 9. Fury comments that no amount of attempted brainwashing could ever force Sitwell to turn bad as "it's against his principles".
Last issue, reprints end on a cliffhanger. Reprints continue in CAPTAIN BRITAIN (Marvel UK) #1 (October 13, 1976), but skip the last 3 episodes of the "Hydra Reborn" story, which were NOT reprinted until 2000.
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