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Issue: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #16
Publication Date: November 1970
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Issues: #16 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1970, page 261, registration number B630169.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): HYDRA; Nick Fury
First Line: Sometimes The Good Guys Lose!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover depicts a scene from STRANGE TALES #138 (November 1965).
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Find Fury or Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; HYDRA; Clipper Charlie (SHIELD barber); "Slim" (shoe-shine man); ? (manicure girl); Imperial Hydra (unnamed); Hydra-Hunter (Section Leader B)
Synopsis: HYDRA agents tail Fury intent on finding SHIELD's HQ, but Fury is aware he's being followed. HYDRA Section Leader B, a "Hydra-Hunter," runs the mission and hands over his hood to the Imperial Hydra so he will have no place to hide should he fail. When a few HYDRA agents show up at the barber shop which is the secret entrance to SHIELD's HQ, they're captured and hypnotized into believing the HQ is located in a warehouse blocks away. They attack the warehouse with a "Hydra-Ram,"-- but it's a trap! His plan a failure, Section Leader B is soon "replaced," while Fury ponders the future.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #136 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1965
was Find Fury or Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 7. 1st appearance of the SHIELD barber shop, a tribute to the tailor shop secret entrance to UNCLE HQ in the TV show THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 1st appearance of the "Hydra-Ram," a flying saucer-type vehicle. Nick Fury, SHIELD & HYDRA turn up at Reed & Sue's wedding in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3 (November 1965). Reprints continue from SGT. FURY ANNUAL #2 (November 1966).
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Strange Tales #135

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): HYDRA; Nick Fury
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #135 published August 1965
was The Greatest Action-Thriller of All Time! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Strange Tales #136

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): HYDRA; Nick Fury; Dr. Strange
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #136 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1965
was Find Fury or Die! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Prize Is... Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; HYDRA; Dum Dug Dugan; Gabe Jones; Leslie Farrington (Chairman, Imperial Industries International); Arnold Brown (Farrington's secretary); Imperial Hydra ("Imperial Leader"); Agent "G" [Laura Brown] (unnamed)
Synopsis: SHIELD agents attempt to get the microfilm to HQ but they fail, sacrificing themselves to prevent falling into HYDRA hands. The microfilm would have revealed the location of the Betratron Bomb, which Hydra will use to ransom the world. Leslie Farrington, chairmanship of Imperial Industries tells his assistant, Brown to track info on every board member, one of which is the Imperial Hydra. In a secret chamber below the boardroom Hydra's leader speaks to "Agent G", his daughter who begs him to end his mad plan, but he replies he is doing it for her benefit. The bomb launches without a hitch...
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #137 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1965
was The Prize Is... Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 7. 1st appearance of the SHIELD Communication Center. The chase sequence, from train to car-turned-submarine vs. frogmen is strikingly similar to the one in the film THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977). 1st modern appearance of Dum Dum & Gabe (regular cast members in SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS). The relationship between Imperial Hydra & Agent G pays tribute to that of Doctor Fu Manchu & Fah Lo Suee, or The Yellow Claw and his niece, Suwan.
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Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; Gabe Jones; Imperial Hydra (?); Agent "G" [Laura Brown] (unnamed); HYDRA; Tony Stark; Dum Dum Dugan; Leslie Farrington; Arnold Brown; Hodges; Wilson; Vincent Vandergill
Synopsis: Aboard SHIELD's Intercontinental Ballistic Plane, Fury uses the Televiewer Tube to locate the Betraton Bomb launch site. It is destroyed but the bomb was already launched. Agent G unsuccessfully implores her father, Imperial Hydra to come to his senses. He sends HYDRA's Fox Division to deliver his terms to every nation on Earth. Tony Stark prepares to show Fury the Braino-Saur, a new weapon when HYDRA agents capture him. At Imperial Industries board members vie for position, hoping to stage a corporate coup. Imperial Hydra gloats over Fury, while in Washington, HYDRA delivers their ultimatum.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #138 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1965
was Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 4 of 7. The tank which crashes thru a wall and then launches a section of itself as a missile is remarkably similar to the one used by Mr. Freeze in the film BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997). The board room scene is reminiscent of the film EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954).

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