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Issue: SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] #2
Publication Date: April 1973
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 01/02/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #92, December 1972.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The End of AIM!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko #[nn] published September 2002
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published January 2013
as The End of AIM! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is variation of Strange Tales #167 (April 1968). No direct relation to either story inside. Fury and Shield agents would not wear black jumpsuits until Strange Tales #156 (May 1967).
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Death Before Dishonor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
First Line: Deep in the giant underground complex created to guard all free men...
Synopsis: A.I.M. attempts to steal a S.H.I.E.L.D. life model decoy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #148 [unnamed variant] published September 1966
was Death Before Dishonor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First Jack Kirby-dialogued Marvel story of the 1960's. The credits on the splash page also include the credits for the second story, Part Two: The End of A.I.M.!
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Part Two: The End of A.I.M.!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
First Line: Our mission is accomplished!
Synopsis: S.H.I.E.L.D. locates A.I.M.'s secret headquarters, which is then destroyed, perhaps by the Secret Empire.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #149 [unnamed variant] published October 1966
was The End of A.I.M.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 2 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Although credits were shown in the original Strange Tales #149 story, those credits have been amalgamated into the credits on the splash page of the first story, Death Before Dishonor!

Pages 6 & 7 from the original Strange Tales #149 story have been omitted from this reprint.
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Have You Seen This Coupon Before?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
First Line: It has helped to start many men and women on the road to higher pay.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #149 [unnamed variant] published October 1966
was The End of A.I.M.! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Advertisement for courses offered by La Salle Extension University.

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