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Issue: Strange Tales #140
Publication Date: January 1966
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Issues: #140 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: 10/12/1965
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 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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The End of Hydra!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): HYDRA; SHIELD; Gabe Jones; Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAgente Internacional #6 published ?
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #17 published January 1971
as Strange Tales #140 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #140 [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 The End of Hydra! [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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The End of Hydra!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Agent G [Laura Brown] (unnamed); Nick Fury; HYDRA; Dum Dum Dugan; Gabe Jones; Imperial Hydra [Arnold Brown]; Tony Stark
Synopsis: Fury defeats the Hunter robot. Surrounded by HYDRA's Tiger squad, Dum Dum, Gabe and fellow agents use a Flying Wedge formation and an Electro-Jab weapon to push thru. HYDRA retaliates with Skate Board Units. Joined by Fury SHIELD overpowers HYDRA while Supreme Hydra realizes he must use Operation Last Resort. In space, Stark disarms the Betraton Bomb. SHIELD orders the arrest of HYDRA agents worldwide. SHIELD blasts into HYDRA's Nerve Center while their leader walks up the stairs leading to Imperial Industries boardroom. As he prepares to hit the destruct button, we learn his real identity.
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In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #17 published January 1971
as The End of Hydra! [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 The End of Hydra! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 6 of 7. Arnold Brown revealed as Imperial Hydra in this episode. In this episode, Nick Fury is a dead ringer for Ralph Meeker, who played Mike Hammer in the film KISS ME DEADLY (1955), while Arnold Brown bears a resemblance to Warren editor Archie Goodwin!
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More Nutty News and Notes From One Marvel Madman to Another!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: M.M.M.S. order blank, items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, announcement of life-size Spider-Man pin-up, Let's Meet 25 More M.M.M.S. Members.
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The Pincers of Power!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Clea (unnamed); rulers of neighboring dimensions
Synopsis: Dormammu sends Strange, Mordo & The Ancient One to a neutral dimension. He then uses a sleeping potion on the Mindless Ones, so his domain will be temporarily safe and summons rulers of nearby dimensions. Dormammu arrives to challenge Strange in person to battle for total mastery of Earth! Strange accepts, then Dormammu declares they shall fight using only the "Pincers Of Power", and no other spells or incantations. This way, it will be a battle of skill, not power. The battle is fierce-- but when it appears Strange is about to overcome his adversary, Mordo strikes Strange from behind...
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #2 published July 1979
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #28 published October 1970
as The Pincers of Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #188 published November 1976
as The Pincers of Power [Story on Interior Page(s)]with one page omitted
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Superhero Battles #[nn] published January 1978
as The Pincers of Power [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #4/1980 published April 1980
as Møtet med Dormammu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange #4 published June 1984
as The Pincers of Power [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as The Pincers of Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as The Pincers of Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as The Pincers of Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as The Pincers of Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 11 of 17.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from David Faggioli, Micky Schwaberow, Mike Arden, Leon Fisher, Charles Graves, Bruce Hallenbeck, Alan & Steven Mann.

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