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Issue: Strange Tales #166
Publication Date: March 1968
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Issues: #166 of 168 Issues (243 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: 11/30/1967
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: On-sale date from 1968 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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Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Voltorg
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 #166 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) 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 Nothing Can Halt Voltorg! [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 October 2013
as Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Yandroth; Voltorg; Dr. Strange; Victoria Bentley; The Ancient One (cameo)
Synopsis: A running battle ensues between Strange and the lightning-hurling Voltorg, which nearly destroys Yandroth's lab before Strange finally takes it out. Yandroth grabs Victoria and uses a "Teleportation" machine to instantly send the two of them to a far-distant world. Strange tries to alter the destination setting so they'll end up on Earth, then follows, winding up in Stonehenge, the very place where his mentor apparently met his demise. But suddenly, a vision of the Ancient One appears before him, leaving Strange wondering if his master lives again, or if it's some "evil phantasm"...
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Doctor Strange #1 published January 1975
as Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus pages 5-7
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Part 20 of 22; part 3 of Yandroth sequence. On page 4, Jim Steranko inked panel three and inked the heads on panels four and five. (Referenced in a letter from Dan Adkins printed in Amazing Heroes #167 (June 15, 1989). While Jim Lawrence did little work for Marvel in the 60's (apparently only writing dialogue over two Dan Adkins' plots), he wrote the JAMES BOND 007 newspaper strip from January 1966 to the late 1970's. (see the Titan Books reprints.)
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More Batty Bulletins to Bewilder, Bewitch, and Bedazzle Thee!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
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If Death Be My Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Jimmy Woo; Suwan; The Yellow Claw
Synopsis: Using a H.A.W.K. Harness Fury pursues the Claw's escaping airship and discovers his underwater hideout in New York Harbor. The Heli-Carrier's vortex beam holds The Sky Dragon stationary while SHIELD mops up The Claw's men. Fury uses a Pyro-Band to burn into The Claw's lair finding himself in a complex maze. Meanwhile, Jimmy Woo is ambushed and teleported to the Claw's lair where he prepares to use a machine which will polarize him to death. Fury arrives and struggles with the Claw as Suwan frees Jimmy at the cost of her own life. In tears, Woo vows vengeance against both The Claw and Fury.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNick Fury - Agent för SHIELD #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #16 published January 1977
as Confrontation! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 7-11 with new splash
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #15 published January 1977
as If Death Be My Destiny! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-6
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #[nn] [First Printing] published May 2000
as If Death Be My Destiny! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published November 2000
as He's Mike Hammer and James Bond Rolled into One... [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]splash page
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published September 2001
as He's Mike Hammer and James Bond rolled into one... [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]splash page
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2009
as If Death Be My Destiny! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published October 2013
as If Death Be My Destiny! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Part 8 of 9. The palm-magnets used by Fury were previously used by Captain America in TALES OF SUSPENSE #80 (August 1966). Dugan saying "Our best man's workin' on it right now!" is a tribute to a line from the pre-credit sequence of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967); Jimmy pursuing a thug down into a subway station also pays tribute to another scene in the same film. The "maze" page inspired a similar page in GIANT-SIZE MASTER OF KUNG FU #2 (December 1974). Jimmy's line about Burt Lancaster refers to the fact that Fury now resembles Steranko's favorite actor. The large figure of Fury on page 10 would become the cover corner box pic beginning with NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (June 1968).
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Stan, Jim Steranko is great!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Lee Roy Windsperger; Jack Hogston; Shirley Gorman; and Rickey Dunkum.

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