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Issue: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #8
Publication Date: January 1969
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Issues: #8 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
On Sale Date: 10/03/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1969, page 254, registration number B474903.
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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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Thus Speaks Supremus!

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Supremus [Ulysses Abboud]
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In Issue: FlagAgente Internacional #42 published ?
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Disclose Notes: SHIELD logo altered only for this issue. Title from story.
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First Line: Hercules wrist band
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
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Thus Speaks Supremus!

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Supremus [Ulysses Abboud] (villain, introduction, death); Cedric Twigg-Smythe (Britain's most inhuman killer, cameo); Pierre St. Cyr (Criminal Czar of all France, cameo); Tumumba (African political assassin, cameo); Pepe Soulange (underworld king of the Casbah, cameo); Guiseppi Valenti (Sicilian assassin); Half-Man (introduction, death); Fatima Abboud (Supremus' half-sister, introduction)
First Line: This is the man who presides over SHIELD-- the one man who controls resources sufficient to block my march toward power!
Synopsis: Riots break out around the world following an assassination attempt on Fury. Other agents are being killed and the leaders of the riots exhibit no emotions. Aboard the Heli-Carrier a meeting of the board of directors is interrupted by a transmission from Supremus, who orders SHIELD to disband in the wake of Fury's death. Supremus plans to turn the world into a "laboratory" using genetic manipulation to turn the human race into slaves. With the help of Fatima, a woman seen at the riot in London, Nick stops Supremus from setting off hidden caches of "zombie gas" in the US by remote control.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Trimpe assisted on numerous pages/panels, including page 1, 6, 10, 11-13 and 16. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2018.

Tony Stark last seen in a SHIELD episode in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #152 (January 1967). Fury gets a new Ferrari (between episodes) to replace the one destroyed by Scorpio in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 Series) #5 (October 1968). Plot structure more confusing and awkward than usual.
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80,000 Candlepower

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between story pages 3 and 4.
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Feature(s): Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
First Line: It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
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First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Disclose Notes: Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.
Between story pages 6 and 7.
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Missile Firing Tank

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a toy tank large enough to sit in from Honor House Products Corp. Located between story pages 9 and 10. Occupies top half of page.
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First Line: Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 in your spare time
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for children to sell Grit Magazine from Grit Publishing Co. Located between story pages 9 and 10. Occupies bottom half of page.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

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First Line: More than 30 real flying models
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 15 and 16.
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Shop by Mail

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First Line: Too skinny?
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 18 and 19.
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A Titanic Treasure-Trove of Traumatically Tempting Tid-Bits, Tastefully Tossed Together to Tease and Tantalize Thee!

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Disclose Notes: Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; Frustration Dept.!; The Mighty Marvel Checklist. Also includes an illustration taken from a panel in the previous issue.
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Character(s): Wallace K. Reumann (photo)
First Line: I'll make you a master of karate
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Robert Ewing, J. Scott Stewart, Roger G. Ledbetter, Peter Strupp, Mike McKeegan, George Spillers, Lynn Nelson, and Femio Polanco; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom. Also includes two illustrations taken from two panels of the previous issue.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Two more triumphs for Marvel..!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #68 and for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #9.
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Character(s): Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo); Frank Zane (photo)
First Line: Secret muscle building "tools"
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for body building products.
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Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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