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Issue: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5
Publication Date: October 1968
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Issues: #5 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Olympia Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/02/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1968, page 250, registration number B474944.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-15); squarebound (#16-18)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Scorpio

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
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In Issue: FlagAgente Internacional #39 published ?
In Content Item: FlagGrandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published March 1998
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published November 2000
as Scorpio [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published September 2001
as Whatever Happened To Scorpio? [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 Scorpio [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Hypnotic whirling coin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
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Whatever Happened to Scorpio?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Pickman (locksmith, introduction, death); Senator Irksome
First Line: Look at the building's gleam in the sun. Nick!
Synopsis: The ESP Division picks up "possible danger", sending Nick straight into a trap set by Scorpio! Nick is captured. Fury manages to dodge one death trap after another, then faces his would-be killer. He pursues the escaping imposter, who tears off his mask, revealing his true identity to Nick-- just before being caught in a hail of gunfire from a group of SHIELD agents! After, Nick stands alone on a dock, looking out over the water, wondering if the man who tried so very hard to murder him is still alive.
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #36 published June 1977
as Masquerade! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 8-11, black and white
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #37 published June 1977
as Trial By Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 12-20, black and white
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #35 published June 1977
as Whatever Happened To Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-7, black and white
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury Agent of SHIELD #2 published January 1984
as Whatever Happened to Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGrandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published March 1998
as What Ever Happened to Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published November 2000
as Whatever Happened to Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published September 2001
as Whatever Happened To Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published January 2013
as What Ever Happened to Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Identity of Scorpio revealed by Roy Thomas in The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #72 (January 1970), reprinted in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #4 (2004). Pickman based on Robert Morley. More details revealed when Scorpio returns in The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #s 46 & 48-50 (April, June-August 1977). Full background of character not revealed until flashback in Fury (Marvel, 1994 series) #1 (May 1994). Steranko repeated the gimmick of ending the story by having a character diving into water thru a hail of gunfire in Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #111 (March 1969). Nick's Ferrari, which he's had since Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #162 (November 1967) is destroyed; he gets a replacement in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #8 (January 1969).
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Pete Duncan - "Dropout"

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Character(s): Bob; Helen; Pete Duncan
First Line: When I turned 16, I wanted to really start living...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics ad for the International Correspondence Schools I.C.S. Between story pages 3 and 4.
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Intelsat III Satellite

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the Intelsat III communications satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Get big prizes or cash!
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 9 and 10.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Fellows! Here's a swell way to make lots of money and win prizes too!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. Appears between pages 15 and 16 of story sequence on top half of page.
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[untitled]

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First Line: 204 pc Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary War soldiers and equipment. $1.98. Located between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photograph)
First Line: Check the kind of body you want
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books, between story pages 16 and 17.
Between story pages 18 and 19.
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Items of Incredible Import to Illuminate Your Interest, Invigorate Your Imagination, and Intoxicate Your Id!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist. Also includes an illustration taken from a panel in the previous issue.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Now you can be taller instantly!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Located on top half of page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? ( ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wallace W. Reumann (photo)
First Line: I'll make you a master of karate
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for book on learning Karate.
Located on lower half of page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: espionage
First Line: Dear Stan and Co., After living with...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Ronn Foss; Paul Butler; Murray Selzer; Jeff Pierce; Achille Di Bacco; Don Plosker; and Donald McGregor (future comics writer); includes a single panel reproduced from the previous issue, and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #2 (Sept. 1968) shown as "On Sale Now!".
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards to earn money.

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