Strange Tales #150 GD 2.0 1966

Grade GD 2.0
Year 1966
Publisher Marvel

1" cumulative spine split. Chew. Water damage.

This is a low grade item. The story will be complete and readable, but the item itself will have major defects. Allowed defects for this grade include: vertical book-length crease, spine split up to two inches long, detached cover or centerfold, writing or other marks on the cover, major tears, piece or pieces missing, water damage, heavy discoloration or brittleness due to oxidation, and other types of discoloration, staining, or brittleness.

Description

Cover art by Bill Everett. Nick Fury stars in "Hydra Lives!", script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (co-plot), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Buscema (his first work for Marvel), inks by Frank Giacoia; Fury subjects himself to a dangerous test in order to prove that an atomic missile can be detonated long-distance by a sonic weapon which SHIELD believes HYDRA has; While both he & Dugan are recovering from injuries, Don Cabellero, at the urging of an undercover SHIELD man, invites Fury to a party in ancient Karnopolis in the Sahara Desert; Caballero is a disguise for the new Supreme Hydra, who is aware a SHIELD agent has invaded his ranks. First appearance of Umar (the sister of Dormammu) in "The Conquest of Kaluu!", script by Roy Thomas and Bill Everett (co-plot), art by Bill Everett; Kaluu realizes Strange and the Ancient One have escaped to the past of ancient Babylonia where The Ancient One obtains The Book Of The Vishanti; Before Kaluu can extinguish the Flames of the Faltine, Strange returns to the present with the mystic book which hurls his spell back to him; The Ancient One sends Kaluu into Limbo for all time; In The Dark Dimension Clea fears the onslaught of the Mindless One's freed from their prison with Dormammu gone. Letter to the editor from Carl Gafford. Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon. 36 pgs., full color.

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