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Issue: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #16
Publication Date: November 1970
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Issues: #16 of 18 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/25/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1970, page 261, registration number B630169 with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-15); squarebound (#16-18)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Hostage Is Nick Fury-- and the Prize Is Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
First Line: SHIELD is finished, Fury---and so are you!
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover depicts a scene from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #138 (November 1965).
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First Line: It's another chiller from Monogram
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a scale model of the Ford Model "T" ice truck by Monogram.
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Find Fury or Die!

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Genres: espionage
First Line: Hail Hydra! I have located target! He suspects nothing!
Synopsis: HYDRA agents tail Fury intent on finding SHIELD's HQ, but Fury is aware he's being followed. HYDRA Section Leader B, a "Hydra-Hunter," runs the mission and hands over his hood to the Imperial Hydra so he will have no place to hide should he fail. When a few HYDRA agents show up at the barber shop which is the secret entrance to SHIELD's HQ, they're captured and hypnotized into believing the HQ is located in a warehouse blocks away. They attack the warehouse with a "Hydra-Ram,"-- but it's a trap! His plan a failure, Section Leader B is soon "replaced," while Fury ponders the future.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #136 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1965
was Find Fury or Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 7. 1st appearance of the SHIELD barber shop, a tribute to the tailor shop secret entrance to UNCLE HQ in the TV show THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 1st appearance of the "Hydra-Ram," a flying saucer-type vehicle. Nick Fury, SHIELD & HYDRA turn up at Reed & Sue's wedding in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (November 1965). Reprints continue from Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (November 1966).
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein monster
First Line: Monster s-i-z-e monsters
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for 7-foot tall glow-in-the-dark monster posters, from Honor House Products.
Located on top half of page between pages 8 & 9 of previous story sequence.
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Character(s): Namor, the Sub-Mariner
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits given to you!
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, located on lower half of page, between pages 8 & 9 of previous story sequence.
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Strange Tales #135

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Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #135 published August 1965
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Pages: 1
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Strange Tales #136

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Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #136 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1965
was Find Fury or Die! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Danger on the Field

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Character(s): Jim Driscoll; Chrissy; Big Joe
First Line: Jim is at the high school football game.
Synopsis: Jim saves Big Joe's little sister when she wanders onto the field during the high school football game.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Lee Leens jeans. H. D. Lee Company, Inc., Fashion Division, PO Box 440, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66201.
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First Line: Look, fellows!
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Disclose Notes: Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper.
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The Prize Is... Earth!

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Hodges; Wilson
First Line: In SHIELD’s vast communications center...
Synopsis: SHIELD agents attempt to get the microfilm to HQ but they fail, sacrificing themselves to prevent falling into HYDRA hands. The microfilm would have revealed the location of the Betatron Bomb, which Hydra will use to ransom the world. Leslie Farrington, chairmanship of Imperial Industries tells his assistant, Brown to track info on every board member, one of which is the Imperial Hydra. In a secret chamber below the boardroom Hydra's leader speaks to "Agent G", his daughter who begs him to end his mad plan, but he replies he is doing it for her benefit. The bomb launches without a hitch...
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #137 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1965
was The Prize Is... Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 1-9 - see notes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Either the Marvel reprint editor or the printers got in a muddle for this story and the next story "Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!". Pages 10-12 of each story have got mixed up, so this story reprints pages 1-9 of Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #137 and then pages 10-12 of Strange Tales #138. The same is true for the next story, where the first nine pages are from Strange Tales 138, but pages 10-12 are from Strange Tales #137. This means that reading these stories in this reprint issue is confusing and doesn't make sense.
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First Line: Free booklet tells how you can train at home for big earnings as a computer programmer
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Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, between pages 6 & 7 of previous story sequence.
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Character(s): Wallace K. Reumann (photo)
First Line: Now revealed — the “2 Hour” method to super speed karate
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
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Character(s): Boy; girl
First Line: Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches
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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co.
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First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
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Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!

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Genres: espionage
First Line: Knowing that the evil hordes of HYDRA plan to launch a super-destructive Betatron Bomb into orbit...
Synopsis: Aboard SHIELD's Intercontinental Ballistic Plane, Fury uses the Televiewer Tube to locate the Betatron Bomb launch site. It is destroyed but the bomb was already launched. Agent G unsuccessfully implores her father, Imperial Hydra to come to his senses. He sends HYDRA's Fox Division to deliver his terms to every nation on Earth. Tony Stark prepares to show Fury the Braino-Saur, a new weapon when HYDRA agents capture him. At Imperial Industries board members vie for position, hoping to stage a corporate coup. Imperial Hydra gloats over Fury, while in Washington, HYDRA delivers their ultimatum.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #138 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1965
was Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 1-9 - see notes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Either the Marvel reprint editor or the printers got in a muddle for this story and the previous story "The Prize Is... Earth!". Pages 10-12 of each story have got mixed up, so this story reprints pages 1-9 of Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #138 and then pages 10-12 of Strange Tales #137. The same is true for the previous story, where the first nine pages are from Strange Tales 137, but pages 10-12 are from Strange Tales #138. This means that reading these stories in this reprint issue is confusing and doesn't make sense.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Between pages 3 & 4 of previous story sequence on upper portion of page.
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Feature(s): Marvelmania Magazine
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Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Between pages 3 & 4 of previous story sequence, on lower half of page. Ad for Marvelmania magazine.
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First Line: Train now for a big-pay drafting career
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, between pages 3 & 4 of previous story sequence.
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First Line: Learn to fly model rockets
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail ads, including ads for back-issue comics, between pages 9 & 10 of previous story sequence.
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Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo)
First Line: I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the "Weider System" of body building between pages 9 & 10 of previous story sequence.
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First Line: Join J.S.C.A. - the club that gives you more of what you're lookin' for!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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