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Issue: SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] #5
Publication Date: October 1973
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Issues: #5 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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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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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Death-Trap!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Steranko
Inker(s): Jim Steranko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character(s): HYDRA; Nick Fury
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published October 2013
as Death-Trap! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #155 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1967
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Beware... The Deadly Dreadnought!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Steranko (plot); Roy Thomas (dialogue)
Penciller(s): Jim Steranko
Inker(s): Jim Steranko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character(s): Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury; Laura Brown; Gabe Jones; Supreme Hydra ["Agent Bronson"]; Jasper Sitwell; HYDRA; Boothroyd (Personal Effects Dept.); The Dreadnought (HYDRA Robot)
Synopsis: While the AUTOFAC computer works out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury plans to have Bronson transport Laura to SHIELD's West coast HQ. In the Personal Effects Dept. Fury is given a new weapons-laden outfit. Moments later he's attacked by The Dreadnought, a deadly 8-foot-tall HYDRA killer robot. Laura suspects Bronson may be the Supreme Hydra himself, and her suspicions are confirmed by AUTOFAC, but before she can pass on the info, Bronson overpowers her. Fury just barely manages to beat The Dreadnought, but finds Laura is missing and AUTOFAC names her as the Supreme Hydra.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #154 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1967
was Beware... the Deadly Dreadnought! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 2 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 5 of 9. Fury's "Repulsor Watch", capable of deflecting bullets, later turned up in the film LIVE AND LET DIE (1973), though in the movie, it was only used to attract metal, not deflect it.
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Death-Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Steranko
Penciller(s): Jim Steranko
Inker(s): Jim Steranko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character(s): Nick Fury; President Johnson (cameo); Jasper Sitwell; Professor Anton Trojak (creator of Q-Ray machine; Anihil-Agent 47); HYDRA; Gabe Jones; Dum Dum Dugan; Supreme Hydra ["Agent Bronson"]; Laura Brown
Synopsis: The Heli-Carrier takes on a number of VIP's, as well as Prof. Trojak and his "Q-Ray" for a demonstration. But Trojak is really a HYDRA agent, and his oversized machine has been used to smuggle several HYDRA thugs aboard. In addition to these dangers, Fury must also cope with his 3 best friends, who've been hypnotized to kill him. Fury manages to save the day, and an injured, unconscious Laura is found hidden in the computer room, wearing a HYDRA outfit. President Lyndon B. Johnson blames Fury for the security screw-up and orders him confined to quarters.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #155 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1967
was Death Trap! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 2 pages
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 6 of 9. Fury comments that no amount of attempted brainwashing could ever force Sitwell to turn bad as "it's against his principles".

Last issue, reprints end on a cliffhanger. Reprints continue in CAPTAIN BRITAIN (Marvel UK) #1 (October 13, 1976), but skip the last 3 episodes of the "Hydra Reborn" story, which were NOT reprinted until 2000.

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