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Issue: Strange Tales #139
Publication Date: December 1965
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Issues: #139 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/09/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US and standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In16
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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The Brave Die Hard!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, occult
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Nick Fury
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAgente Internacional #5 published ?
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #17 published January 1971
as Strange Tales #139 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #139 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as The Brave Die Hard! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: SHIELD panel reproduced (with different coloring) from page 1 inside this issue.
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The Brave Die Hard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; HYDRA; Supreme Hydra (?); Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Dum Dum Dugan; Gabe Jones; Agent G [Laura Brown] (unnamed); Leslie Farrington; Wilson; Vincent Vandergill; Arnold Brown
Synopsis: Hydra fails to learn the location of the Braino-Saur despite their Image-Inducer. Stark tells SHIELD's directors it was designed to disarm Hydra's Betratron Bomb orbiting above Earth. Agent G helps Fury escape but he refuses to promise not to harm her father, the Supreme Hydra. Dum Dum, Gabe and a SHIELD squad use the captured Hydra saucer to locate their HQ. In the Imperial Industries boardroom tremors shake the building forcing everyone to flee. Below, Supreme Hydra learns of his daughters treachery. SHIELD attacks and he sends his Tiger Squad aware that it may mean his own daughter's death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #17 published January 1971
as The Brave Die Hard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 [Regular Edition] published October 2007
as The Brave Die Hard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 5 of 7. Name of HYDRA's leader changed from "Imperial Hydra" to "Supreme Hydra" in this episode.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items, "Can You Guess What's in This Mysterious Mailing Tube?", The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 25 More M.M.M.S. Members, order blank for Dr. Strange t-shirt.
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Beware...! Dormammu is Watching!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Clea (unnamed)
Synopsis: The Ancient One is revealed to be Dormammu's captive. Dr. Strange's mentor tells Strange he must fight on but can only expect token aid. Dormammu forces Clea to watch Strange's defeat. Strange and Mordo square off and battle. After a time, Dormammu grows frustrated at how Mordo has been out-fought and prepares to strike personally.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #2 published July 1979
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #28 published August 1970
as Beware...! Dormammu is Watching! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #187 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1976
as Beware, Dormammu Is Watching [Story on Interior Page(s)]with one page omitted
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Superhero Battles #[nn] published January 1978
as Beware..! Dormammu Is Watching! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange #4 published June 1984
as Beware... Dormammu Is Watching [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as Beware...! Dormammu Is Watching! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Beware...! Dormammu Is Watching! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as Beware...! Dormammu is Watching! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as Beware...! Dormammu is Watching! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 10 of 17.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from John Edelkamp, Terry Levin, Ralph Sizer, Henry Bergman.

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