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Issue: Strange Tales #150
Publication Date: November 1966
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Issues: #150 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/09/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US and standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Exit Kaluu... Enter Umar!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Umar; Dr. Strange; Kaluu
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #150 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New masthead designed by Sol Brodsky (mentioned on the Bullpen Bulletins page).
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Hydra Lives!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Dum Dum Dugan; Senator Dudley (member of Plans & Operations Section); Supreme Hydra ["Don Cabellero"]; HYDRA
Synopsis: Fury subjects himself to a dangerous test in order to prove that an atomic missile can be detonated long-distance by a sonic weapon which SHIELD believes HYDRA has. While both he & Dugan are recovering from injuries, Don Cabellero, at the urging of an undercover SHIELD man, invites Fury to a party in ancient Karnopolis in the Sahara Desert. Caballero is a disguise for the new Supreme Hydra, who is aware a SHIELD agent has invaded his ranks. Fury tells Sitwell he will be in command during his absence but suddenly a sonic boom shakes the HQ as the Overkill Horn is being tested.
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In Content Item: FlagSHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] #3 published June 1973
as Hydra Lives! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 2 pages
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #[nn] [First Printing] published May 2000
as Hydra Lives! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as "Hydra Lives!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 9. 1st appearance of the "new" Supreme Hydra, later revealed to have been its real leader all along, behind-the-scenes.
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Sensational Secrets and Incredible Inside Information, Guilessly Guaranteed to Avail You Naught!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
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The Conquest of Kaluu!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Kaluu; Dr. Strange; The Ancient One; Griffin (Babylonian beast); Mindless Ones; Clea; Umar (Dormammu's sister)
Synopsis: Kaluu realizes Strange and the Ancient One have escaped to the past of ancient Babylonia where The Ancient One obtains The Book Of The Vishanti. Before Kaluu can extinguish the Flames of the Faltine, Strange returns to the present with the mystic book which hurls his spell back to him. The Ancient One sends Kaluu into Limbo for all time. In The Dark Dimension Clea fears the onslaught of the Mindless One's freed from their prison with Dormammu gone. But another former prisoner controls them: Umar, Dormammu's sister, who vows his deeds shall pale beside hers.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #40 published January 1968
as Conquest of Kaluu - Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #39 published January 1968
as The Conquest of Kaluu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #43 published February 1968
as Master of the Mystic Arts [Story on Interior Page(s)]partial reprint
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as The Conquest of Kaluu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 4 of 22. 1st appearance of Umar. Candles used in time-travel previously used in STRANGE TALES #124 (September 1964). Due to the growing use of "soap-opera" format, Kaluu's story runs straight into Umar's without a break between episodes.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Dear Stan, I am writing this letter to praise...
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Pages: 1

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