| Characters |
Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Dum Dum Dugan; Count Bornag Royale (A.I.M.); A.I.M. (division of "THEM"); Clipper Charlie (barber); Slim; manicure girl |
| Synopsis |
On returning from their latest mission, Fury catches hell from the military brass, but brushes it off and gives everyone a 10-day furlough-- except Jasper, who only seems happy when he's being "worked to death". Count Royale continues bad-mouthing Fury to SHIELD's board of directors. A general, irritated by SHIELD's seemingly-excessive security measures, explains to Fury how A.I.M. has technology they desperately need, but refuse to do business as long as Fury's in charge. This, of course, only confirms Fury's earlier suspicions that A.I.M. is not on the up-and-up as they claim! Sure enough, Royale has returned to an A.I.M. observation post, and watches as a squad invades the SHIELD barber shop. Fury, Dum Dum & Jasper save the day, the rescued manicure girl miffed as Jasper's overt shyness. Royale, meanwhile, feels Fury's rash actions have put the last nail in his coffin... |
| Genre |
Spy |
| Script |
Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue) |
| Pencils |
Jack Kirby (layouts); Don Heck |
| Inks |
Dick Ayers |
| Colors |
Stan Goldberg |
| Letters |
Sam Rosen |
| Notes |
Part 3 of 5. Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List (24 July 2005), believes Dick Ayers to be the inker and that the printed credit for Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo) is in error. Henry Kujawa confirms (7 August 2007). |
| Reprinted |
in SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) [minus 1 page]; in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 |
| Characters |
Dr. Strange; pharmacist (unnamed); Wong (manservant); building inspector (unnamed); Baron Mordo; Clea (vision; flashback); Dormammu (flashback); Nameless Ones (flashback); Hiram Barney (theatrical agent); The Ancient One; Kaluu (eyes only) |
| Synopsis |
For the first time in months, Strange walks around Greenwich Village running household errands, while carelessly forgetting to cast a spell to hide his magician's robes. After stopping a common robbery, he returns home to find his bills are unpaid, his bank account is empty, and a city building inspector gives him 6 months to bring his house up to code via painting and sealing up "moldy trap doors and hidden passageways". He instructs Wong to sell some jewels to pay the bills, checks up on Baron Mordo, thinks back on recent events, and then contacts a theatrical agent, Hiram Barney, about a possible nightclub gig. But he's told magic is "out"-- rock bands are "in"! Just then he's contacted by The Ancient One, who tells him of a most dire menace in the offing, named Kaluu... |
| Genre |
Occult |
| Script |
Bill Everett (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue pp. 1-5); Denny O'Neil (dialogue pp. 6-10) |
| Pencils |
Bill Everett |
| Inks |
Bill Everett |
| Colors |
Stan Goldberg |
| Letters |
Sam Rosen |
| Notes |
Part 1 of 22. Unusually light-hearted "break" between 2 very long storylines. While the next 2 years of the series can be broken down into sections, each runs into the next so much into the next it's effectively one single long epic. |
| Reprinted |
in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 |