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Issue: Strange Tales #138
Publication Date: November 1965
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Issues: #138 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/10/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 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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Disclose Reprinted In15
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; HYDRA
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAgente Internacional #4 published ?
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #17 published January 1971
as Strange Tales #138 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #138 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) 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 Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; Gabe Jones; Imperial Hydra (?); Agent "G" [Laura Brown] (unnamed); HYDRA; Tony Stark; Dum Dum Dugan; Leslie Farrington; Brown; Hodges; Wilson; Vincent Vandergill
Synopsis: Aboard SHIELD's Intercontinental Ballistic Plane Fury uses the Televiewer Tube to locate the Betraton Bomb launch site. It is destroyed but the bomb was already launched. Agent G unsucsessfully implores her father, Imperial Hydra to come to his senses. He sends HYDRA's Fox Division to deliver his terms to every nation on Earth. Tony Stark prepares to show Fury the Braino-Saur,a new weapon when HYDRA agents capture him. At Imperial Industries board members vie for position, hoping to stage a corporate coup. Imperial Hydra gloats over Fury, while in Washington, HYDRA delivers their ultimatum.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #16 published November 1970
as Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! [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 Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 4 of 7. The tank which crashes thru a wall and then launches a section of itself as a missile is remarkably similar to the one used by Mr. Freeze in the film BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997). The board room scene is reminiscent of the film EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954).
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If Eternity Should Fail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Eternity; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Hamir; Clea (unnamed)
Synopsis: In another dimension that defies description, Dr. Strange comes face-to-face with Eternity, who learns that Strange is indeed worthy of The Ancient One's trust. He knows that if Mordo & Dormammu are not stopped, all mankind will be in jeopardy. But after all Strange has been thru, Eternity tells him he already has the power he needs. Feeling dejected, Strange returns to the cave to find his master gone. Mordo's spirits lead him to Mordo, who tells Strange "The game is lost!"
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #2 published July 1979
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #27 published June 1970
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #187 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1976
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with one page omitted
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange #3 published May 1984
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as If Eternity Should Fail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 9 of 17.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Dick Wolz, Marcus Smith, David Simon, Ted Wentworth, Daryl Leace.

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