| Characters |
Dum Dum Dugan; Laura Brown; Nick Fury; HYDRA |
| Genre |
Spy |
| Pencils |
Jim Steranko (signed) |
| Inks |
Jim Steranko (signed); Wally Wood (Laura Brown figure) |
| Colors |
Jim Steranko ? |
| Notes |
Original ink credit listed Frank Giacoia. Cover signed Jim Steranko, listed in THE MARVEL COMICS INDEX #6 (George Olshevsky, December 1977), confirmed by Nick Caputo, Barry Pearl, Henry Kujawa & Nick Simon. Wood inks suggested by Henry Kujawa, agreed by Nick Simon (August 2007). |
| Reprinted |
in SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (August 1973); in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) #nn (May 2000); 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 |
| Characters |
Clipper Charlie (SHIELD barber); Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Laura Brown; HYDRA; Gabe Jones; Supreme Hydra ["Emir Ali-Bey" (alias); "Agent Bronson" (alias)]; Dum Dum Dugan |
| Synopsis |
While enjoying a shave, Fury thinks back on SHIELD's 1st battle with HYDRA, when Laura Brown-- who had joined only to convince her father to give up his mad dream of world conquest-- saved his life and helped defeat them. As the President pushes thru a pardon for her, she's being transported by Gabe & Jasper-- whose car is attacked by HYDRA. Fury & Dugan, in a captured HYDRA saucer, go to rescue the trio. The Supreme Hydra dons a new disguise, that of "Agent Bronson", a SHIELD man currently their prisoner. "Bronson" arrives at the Heli-Carrier just in time to join the team racing to help Fury. After helping capture several HYDRA thugs, "Bronson" gains Fury's confidence. Noting he's no "babe-in-arms", "Bronson" confides he, too, was in a "Commando Squadron" in WW2. |
| Genre |
Spy |
| Script |
Jack Kirby (plot); Roy Thomas (dialogue) |
| Pencils |
Jack Kirby (layouts); Jim Steranko |
| Inks |
Jim Steranko |
| Letters |
Artie Simek |
| Notes |
Part 4 of 9. After 2 episodes where Fury's appearance remained the same, he appears to lose a lot of weight in this one as Steranko begins to modify his appearance. |
| Reprinted |
in SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (August 1973) [minus 1 page]; in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) #nn (May 2000); in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 |
| Characters |
The Mindless Ones; Dr. Strange; Umar; Clea (spell-image), Ancient One (cameo) |
| Synopsis |
While Umar watches, Strange battles The Mindless Ones. He finally reaches Clea and frees her from a mystic prison, only to learn it was merely an illusion-- and now, severely weakened, he faces doom at the hands of a Mindless One! |
| Genre |
Occult |
| Script |
Marie Severin (co-plot); Stan Lee (co-plot, dialogue) |
| Pencils |
Marie Severin |
| Inks |
Marie Severin |
| Letters |
Sam Rosen |
| Notes |
Part 7 of 22; part 3 of Umar sequence. Marie Severin's 1st 1960's Marvel work. Much cruder than subsequent episodes; the roughness of the linework suggests she may have replaced Bill Everett very close to deadline! |
| Reprinted |
in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 |