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Issue: Strange Tales #156
Publication Date: May 1967
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Issues: #156 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/02/1967
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: Date stamp (1967-02-07) on front cover of indexer's copy. On-sale date from 1967 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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Cover, Front
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..When Umar Walks the Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
In Content Item: FlagAgente Internacional #22 published February 1968
as Cuando Umar vaga por la Tierra [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #62 published April 1968
as ...When Umar Walks the Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #156 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2009
as ..When Umar Walks The Earth! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published January 2013
as ... When Umar Walks the Earth! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Marie Severin has mentioned in interviews that she usually colored most of the work she drew.
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The Tribunal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): HYDRA
First Line: Nick Fury confined to quarters under armed guard!
Synopsis: Fury's quarters are destroyed, apparently killing him! Bronson heads for Hydra Island, a futuristic, hi-tech fortress in the Pacific resuming his guise as Supreme Hydra. He announces to the world that he's placed a Death Spore bomb on board the Heli-Carrier which will unleash a plague upon the entire Earth! He plans to stage a fake trial for Laura, as an example to all who would defy him. Having suspected Bronson from the start, Fury who was hiding on board the Dyna-Soar is captured and discovers the true identity of the Supreme Hydra is Baron Strucker, his old foe from WW2!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAgente Internacional #22 published February 1968
as El tribunal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #[nn] [First Printing] published May 2000
as The Tribunal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2009
as The Tribunal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published January 2013
as The Tribunal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 7 of 9. See various issues of SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS for earlier appearances of Baron Strucker. 24 years had elapsed between Fury & Strucker's last meeting and this one. Shortly after this comic's publication, the 007 film YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE would reveal the identity of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s "Number One", Ernst Stavros Blofeld; Donald Pleasence's onscreen appearance, bald with an odd, monocle-shaped scar, is similar to Strucker's.

In the introduction to Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury Agent of Shield Volume 2 Steranko says he took over the color chores with Strange Tales #165.
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A Profound Potpourri of Perplexing Pronouncements and Preposterous Philosophy, All Portending Practically Nothing!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; List of Marvel TV Stations; list of 26 M.M.M.S. members
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Umar Walks the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
First Line: In order to foil the fiendish Umar, I have sent my disciple, Dr. Strange,E
Synopsis: The Ancient One sends Strange to the Amphora, a large vase guarded by fiery demons in order to free Zom, a being imprisoned by Eternity. Umar comes to earth, destroys Strange's house and summons The Ancient One. Strange unleashes Zom who he persuades to follow him to Earth. The Ancient One lures Umar to Stonehenge where he defeated Dormammu in the past. Strange surprises Umar who flees back to The Dark Dimension, where Zom cannot find her! Zom had been bound by chains of living bondage by Dormammu and seeks vengeance, but with Umar gone he turns his anger against Strange and his mentor.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
In Content Item: FlagAgente Internacional #22 published February 1968
as Umar vaga por la Tierra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #62 published April 1968
as Umar Walks the Earth [Part Two] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #61 published April 1968
as Umar Walks the Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Umar Walks the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 10 of 22; part 6 of Umar sequence; part 1 of Zom sequence. Umar comes to Earth for first time.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Stan, In the past few issues...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Wally Daniels, Shirley Gorman, Barry Brookner, and David Walker; Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.

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