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Issue: Strange Tales #136

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Publication Date: September 1965

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Issues: #136 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.

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Volume: 1

Pages: 36

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Price: 10.0 pence GBQ 0-0-10

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Stan Lee

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Format

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

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Strange Tales #136 [U.S. Cover Price]

Strange Tales #136 [UK Cover Price]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (5 total)

Find Fury or Die!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko (bottom tier)

Inker(s): Mike Esposito; Steve Ditko (bottom tier)

Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?

Letterer(s): Sam Rosen

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, fantasy

Feature(s): Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Doctor Strange

Character(s): Hydra;
Doctor Strange

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Pages: 1

Notes: Dr. Strange image taken from interior story.

Find Fury or Die!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Character(s): Nick Fury; HYDRA; Clipper Charlie (SHIELD barber); Slim (shoe-shine man); ? (manicure girl); Imperial Hydra (unnamed); Hydra-Hunter (Section Leader B)

Synopsis: HYDRA agents tail Fury intent on finding SHIELD's HQ, but Fury is aware he's being followed. HYDRA Section Leader B, a "Hydra-Hunter," runs the mission and hands over his hood to the Imperial Hydra so he will have no place to hide should he fail. When a few HYDRA agents show up at the barber shop which is the secret entrance to SHIELD's HQ, they're captured and hypnotized into believing the HQ is located in a warehouse blocks away. They attack the warehouse with a "Hydra-Ram,"-- but it's a trap! His plan a failure, Section Leader B is soon "replaced," while Fury ponders the future.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Part 2 of 7. 1st appearance of the SHIELD barber shop, a tribute to the tailor shop secret entrance to UNCLE HQ in the TV show THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 1st appearance of the "Hydra-Ram," a flying saucer-type vehicle. Nick Fury, SHIELD & HYDRA turn up at Reed & Sue's wedding in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3 (November 1965).

What Lurks Beneath the Mask?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Clea (unnamed); Dormammu; Baron Mordo; Dr. Strange; Abu Ben Hakim; Rama Kaliph; The Aged Genghis; Hamir; The Ancient One

Synopsis: Dormammu imprisons Clea, telling her she will witness Strange's defeat. Mordo tells Dormammu that Strange is searching for "Eternity" and is puzzled by the dark lord's violent reaction. Strange continues his search, going from one mystic to another with no results, until The Aged Genghis tells him only he and The Ancient One know the secret. He gives him a scroll, which leads Strange to a being imprisoned in another dimension; a trap he barely escapes. Back in Tibet, Strange tells his master's servant the only option left is to enter the mind of The Ancient One.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Part 7 of 17.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letter from Johnnie Cirkoth, Neal Cohen, Ted Field, Juan de la Barrera, Benny Brower; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.