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Issue: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #17
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #17 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: 10/20/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1971, page 266, registration number B630165 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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See Nick Fury Tackle the Hordes of Hydra!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: espionage
First Line: I can't cash in now-- not till I stop 'em!
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Disclose Notes: Signature appears to be a combination of Severin and Verpoorten. Cover depicts scene from STRANGE TALES #139 (December 1965), although Fury is shown wearing jumpsuit which he never wore until STRANGE TALES #156 (April 1967). (Also, Clay Quartermain was the one who wore an orange jumpsuit; Fury wore black / dark blue.)
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Character(s): Frankenstein's monster
First Line: Monster s-i-z-e monsters
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Two ads from Honor House Products Corp., for monster wall hangings and various novelty items.
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The Brave Die Hard!

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Wilson
First Line: While a deadly Betatron Bomb orbits over Earth...
Synopsis: Hydra fails to learn the Braino-Saur’s location despite their Image-Inducer. Stark tells SHIELD's directors it was designed to disarm the Betraton 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 daughter’s treachery. SHIELD attacks and he sends his Tiger Squad aware that it may mean his own daughter's death.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #139 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1965
was The Brave Die Hard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 5 of 7. The title predates the film DIE HARD (1988) by 23 years! Name of HYDRA's leader changed from "Imperial Hydra" to "Supreme Hydra" in this episode.

Gabe Jones is mistakenly colored as a white caucasian throughout this reprint.
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Coin Curios

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First Line: Get both spending money and free prizes
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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling Grit by the Grit Publishing Co., on lower half of page, between pages 8 & 9 of previous story sequence.
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Strange Tales #137

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Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #137 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1965
was The Prize Is.. Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Strange Tales #138

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Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #138 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1965
was Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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First Line: Love Lite psychedelic lamp
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Disclose Notes: Ad for people to assemble and sell psychedelic lamp kits from home.
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First Line: These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field.
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The End of Hydra!

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Genres: espionage
First Line: Now, in a daring escape attempt, aided by the daughter of his evil arch-enemy, Fury finds himself trapped...
Synopsis: Fury defeats the Hunter robot. Surrounded by HYDRA's Tiger squad, Dum Dum, Gabe and fellow agents use a Flying Wedge formation and an Electro-Jab weapon to push thru. HYDRA retaliates with Skate Board Units. Joined by Fury SHIELD overpowers HYDRA while Supreme Hydra realizes he must use Operation Last Resort. In space, Stark disarms the Betatron Bomb. SHIELD orders the arrest of HYDRA agents worldwide. SHIELD blasts into HYDRA's Nerve Center while their leader walks up the stairs leading to Imperial Industries boardroom. As he prepares to hit the destruct button, we learn his real identity.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #140 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1966
was The End of Hydra! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 6 of 7. Arnold Brown revealed as Imperial Hydra in this episode. The "Flying Wedge" and the "Skate Board Units" must rank among the most outrageous ideas ever from Jack Kirby. In this episode, Nick Fury is a dead ringer for Ralph Meeker, who played Mike Hammer in the film KISS ME DEADLY (1955), while Arnold Brown bears a resemblance to Warren editor Archie Goodwin!

Gabe Jones is mistakenly colored as a white caucasian throughout this reprint.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

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First Line: Learn to fly model rockets
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Disclose Notes: Assorted small advertisements for various products, between pages 6 & 7 of previous story sequence.
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Strange Tales #139

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Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #139 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1965
was The Brave Die Hard! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dr. Strange figure by Marie Severin. SHIELD panel reproduced (with different coloring) from page 1 inside this issue.
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Strange Tales #140

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Genres: espionage
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #140 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1966
was The End of Hydra! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Operation: "Brain Blast!"

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Genres: espionage
First Line: As we saw last chapter, SHIELD is triumphant! Hydra's been smashed! This is the mop-up...!
Synopsis: Supreme Hydra Arnold Brown cannot press the destruct button knowing his daughter would also perish. Unconvinced he is Supreme Hydra his guards execute him. Fury lets Agent G escape when she demonstrates Hydra's Vacuum-sole shoes. SHIELD's E.S.P. Division uses the Brainwave Stimulator to send Fury a mental warning of a mock attack. Mentallo, a renegade SHIELD agent, has the power to project thoughts into images as SHIELD works to copy his power. Seeing images of The Fixer, who escapes a jail cell with equipment built from common objects, Mentallo intends to join forces with him.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #141 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1966
was Operation: "Brain Blast!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Part 7 of 7 / Part 1 of 3. 1st appearance of SHIELD's E.S.P. Division, Mentallo and The Fixer. In this episode, Arnold Brown bears a resemblance to actor Walter Pidgeon. 2nd of only 3 SHIELD episodes on which Jack Kirby did full pencils. The new story starts on page 8; when Stan Lee wrote "at that very moment", he should really have said "a week later", as reading the page literally makes it appear Fury (who was heading for dinner and a long sleep) was in 2 places at the same time!

Gabe Jones is mistakenly colored as a white caucasion in some panels of this reprint.
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Disclose Notes: On top portion of page, between pages 3 & 4 of previous story sequence.
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Feature(s): Marvelmania
First Line: Get all this! 104 Marvel art masterpieces!
Synopsis: Ad for black & white Marvel art reproductions.
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Disclose Notes: Between pages 3 & 4 of previous story sequence, on lower portion of page.
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Shop by Mail

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First Line: Market place
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Disclose Notes: Assorted small advertisements for various products, between pages 3 & 4 of previous story sequence.
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Shop by Mail

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First Line: Free booklet tells how you can train at home for big earnings
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Disclose Notes: Assorted small advertisements for various products, between pages 9 & 10 of previous story sequence.
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First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Character(s): Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo)
First Line: Secret muscle building "tools"
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products.
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First Line: Race the fastest Hot Wheels of them all...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Hot Wheels Sizzlers.

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