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Issue Details

Issue #139
Published December 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Brave Die Hard!"

Characters Dr. Strange; Nick Fury
Genre Spy; Occult
Pencils Jack Kirby (layouts); Joe Sinnott; Marie Severin (Dr. Strange figure)
Inks Joe Sinnott; Marie Severin (Dr. Strange figure)
Colors Stan Goldberg
Notes Dr. Strange figure by Marie Severin; credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (26 July 2005); original indexer credited Steve Ditko. SHIELD panel reproduced (with different coloring) from page 1 inside this issue.
Reprinted in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

12 page Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. story "The Brave Die Hard!"

Characters 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 Despite their "Image-Inducer", HYDRA is unable to get Fury to pass on info about Stark's "Braino-Saur". Stark tells SHIELD's directors that the "Braino-Saur" is designed for one purpose-- to disarm HYDRA's Betratron Bomb while in orbit above the Earth! Agent G goes to see Fury-- then helps him escape, although he refuses to promise not to harm her father, the Supreme Hydra. Dum Dum, Gabe and a crack SHIELD squad use the captured HYDRA saucer to locate HYDRA HQ. In the Imperial Industries International board room, chairman Farrington refuses to stop the meeting, despite tremors in the building-- until they get so violent, everyone flees the room. Below, Supreme Hydra learns his daughter helped Fury escape. He sends a "Hunter" robot after Fury. Only when Dugan and his men arrive on the roof and attack does he finally send in the "Tiger" squad (assassins), knowing it will mean his own daughter's death...
Genre Spy
Script Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Pencils Jack Kirby (layouts); Joe Sinnott
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Stan Goldberg
Letters Art Simek
Notes Part 5 of 7. Name of HYDRA's leader changed from "Imperial Hydra" to "Supreme Hydra" in this episode.
Reprinted in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #17 (January 1971); in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

10 page Dr. Strange story "Beware...! Dormammu is Watching!"

Characters Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Clea (unnamed)
Synopsis Dormammu reveals The Ancient One, who tells Strange he must fight on, and he 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...!
Genre Occult
Script Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Colors Stan Goldberg
Letters Art Simek
Notes Part 10 of 17.
Reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 Series) #28 (September 1970); in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #187 (September 1976); in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2; in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) #nn; in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #4 (June 1984); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 (1992); in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)