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Issue: Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD #2
Publication Date: January 1984
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 09/13/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.25 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Baxter
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
espionage
Reprinting
FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published January 2013
as Cover from the 1983 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Edition 2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #6 published November 1968
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Why I Failed to Become a Super-Star My First Year at Marvel

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
1968? Let me tell you, it was rough.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Archie Goodwin talks about Jim Steranko. Includes the logo, credits and an illustration of Nick Fury.
Whatever Happened to Scorpio?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
espionage
Pickman (locksmith, introduction, death); Senator Irksome
Look at the building's gleam in the sun. Nick!
Reprinting
FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5 published October 1968
was Whatever Happened to Scorpio? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Nick Fury

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
espionage
Real Name: Nicholas Joseph Fury
Reprinting
FlagThe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #8 [Direct Edition] published August 1983
was Nick Fury [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Five writers are credited in a list on the credits page of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1983 series) #8, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of the five listed.
Cover Gallery

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
espionage
Re-presenting some of the very best covers featuring Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Reprinting
FlagStrange Tales #157 [unnamed variant] published June 1967
was Crisis! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagStrange Tales #159 [unnamed variant] published August 1967
was Featuring: The Great Captain America! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagStrange Tales #161 [unnamed variant] published October 1967
was The Second Doom! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagStrange Tales #165 published February 1968
was Behold the Savage Sky! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #4 published September 1968
was SHIELD Origin Issue! [Illustration on Cover, Front]thumbnail
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
espionage, mystery
Ken Astor; Alistair Rampson (butler); Mycroft [Miles Von Croft] (psychic detective, ex-Nazi U-Boat commander); Countess Caution (psychic detective); Rachel McGregor (psychic detective, Mycroft's ward); Angus MacGregor (groundskeeper); Black Hugh [Lord Hugh Ravenlock] (flashback cameo); Lord Gavin Ravenlock (deceased)
Evil winds: of terror stream, as in some cruel, unending dream...
Reprinting
FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #3 published August 1968
was Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Today Earth Died! Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
espionage
Vaengr (alien, in Fury's dream)
And, in another section of Manhattan, a tall figure in an oriental robe watches the SHIELD ramrod on a miniature vid-receptor...
Reprinting
FlagStrange Tales #168 published May 1968
was Today Earth Died! [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash & final 5 pages
 
Miscellaneous
6
The opening splash page from Strange Tales 168 is re-printed, and then the last five pages to finish off the story started in the previous issue.
Moon Knight The Special Edition

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Re-presenting the classic Moon Knight stories...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. House ad for the Moon Knight Special Edition (Marvel, 1983 series) three-issue series.
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
espionage
Reprinting
FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #7 published December 1968
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]as back cover
 
Miscellaneous
1
Reprint of the cover to Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #7 on the back cover, without the trade dress.

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