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Issue: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #4
Publication Date: September 1968
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Issues: #4 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Olympia Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/04/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: "SHIELD Origin Issue!" is a misnomer; story retells Fury's recruitment to SHIELD from STRANGE TALES #135 (August 1965); SHIELD's origin not revealed until FURY #1 (May 1994).
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1968, page 250, registration number B474943.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched (#1-15); Squarebound (#16-18)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 8 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagCaptain Britain #33 published May 1977 as ...So the World May Be Free! [Story on Interior Page(s)] pp. 9-14, with new splash
FlagCaptain Britain #34 published June 1977 as Doom In the Sky! [Story on Interior Page(s)] pp. 16-20
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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SHIELD Origin Issue!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury; HYDRA
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #94 published January 1969
as SHIELD Origin Issue [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #2 published January 1984
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]thumbnail
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #[nn] [First Printing] published May 2000
as Nick Fury, Agent of... S.H.I.E.L.D. [Illustration on Cover, Front]with the words "SHIELD Origin Issue" removed
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published November 2000
as Shield Origin Issue! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Who Is Scorpio? #[nn] published September 2001
as Shield Origin Issue! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagS.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection #[nn] published October 2013
as SHIELD Origin Issue! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"And Now It Begins..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Nick Fury L.M.D.; HYDRA; Agent R (armored suit); Nick Fury; Agent C; Agent L; Imperial Hydra ["The Master"] (unnamed); Agent H [Laura Brown] (unnamed); Tony Stark; Corporal Charles Atkins (Serial #35067731; HYDRA agent)
First Line: Prologue: Death stalks the daylight hours as...
Synopsis: HYDRA repeatedly tries to murder Nick Fury before he can be recruited to head SHIELD. The agent in charge of the operation, Agent L, is executed for his failure by Agent H. After reminiscing about his days in World War II, Fury meets Tony Stark, who introduces him to the SHIELD board of directors, then shows him a film detailing HYDRA's operations. After Fury uncovers a bomb in the room and dispatches it, along with the spy who planted it, he realizes the danger facing the free world and takes the job.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagCaptain Britain #33 published May 1977pp. 9-14
In Issue: FlagCaptain Britain #34 published June 1977pp. 16-20
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #94 published January 1969
as And Now It Begins... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #32 published May 1977
as And Now It Begins... [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 1-8
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Frank Springer's first Marvel work. Springer had previously done SECRET SIX #1-2 (May-July 1968) for DC and "PHOEBE ZEIT-GEIST" in the magazine EVERGREEN REVIEW. Expanded retelling of the story from STRANGE TALES #135 (August 1965), following the retold origins in IRON MAN #1, CAPTAIN AMERICA #100, THE INCREDIBLE HULK #102, SUB-MARINER #1 and DR. STRANGE #169. Roy Thomas mistakenly refers to the leader as "Supreme Hydra", when in most episodes of the original serial he was referred to as "Imperial Hydra" (hinting at his connection with Imperial Industries International).
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More Hysterical Hoopla and Hangups from Your Howlin' House of Ideas!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee; ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Character(s): Silver Surfer
First Line: Item! Remember when STAN THE MAN wrote just about every superhero yarn we...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Don't Yield, Write S.H.I.E.L.D
First Line: Just in case you're wondering why this ish was done by...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Edward Romero, Donald F. McGregor (future comics writer), Steve Shuchart, Steven Grant (future comics writer), Mike Richmond, and Ralph Duby; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Two More Triumphs For Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sgt Fury Annual; Marvel Super-Heroes
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for Sgt. Fury Annual #4 and Marvel Super-Heroes #16.

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