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Strange Tales , #154 British

Published: March 1967

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Clea Must Die!

Story Featuring Doctor Strange

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Possible Severin colors per Nick Caputo, who notes that Marie has mentioned in interviews that she usually colored most of the work she drew.

Beware... the Deadly Dreadnought!

Story Featuring Nick Fury

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While the AUTOFAC computer works out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury plans to have Bronson transport Laura to SHIELD's West coast HQ. In the Personal Effects Dept. Fury is given a new weapons-laden outfit. Moments later he's attacked by The Dreadnought, a deadly 8-foot-tall HYDRA killer robot. Laura suspects Bronson may be the Supreme Hydra himself, and her suspicions are confirmed by AUTOFAC, but before she can pass on the info, Bronson overpowers her. Fury just barely manages to beat The Dreadnought, but finds Laura is missing-- and AUTOFAC names her as the Supreme Hydra!

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Part 5 of 9. Fury's "Repulsor Watch," capable of deflecting bullets, later turned up in the film LIVE AND LET DIE (1973), though in the movie, it was only used to attract metal, not deflect it. SHIELD would build their own "Dreadnought," a tunneling machine, which would turn up in STRANGE TALES #167 (April 1968). HYDRA's "Dreadnought" would turn up again in DAREDEVIL #121 (May 1975).

Clea Must Die!

Story Featuring Doctor Strange

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Thru trickery Strange manages to escape The Mindless One. Using the Eye of Agamotto, he spies on Umar in her castle, as she plots to grind each dimension in turn under her heel. Seeking to free the prisoners in Umar's dungeon, Strange encounters Veritas, the "Embodiment of Truth Incarnate", and takes him to the castle past as swarm of flying demons. Umar is shocked and cannot bear the sight of herself as she really is (thanks to Veritas), but as Strange confronts her, she sends forth a mystic bolt of death-- toward Clea!

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Part 8 of 22; part 4 of Umar sequence. The flying demons around Umar's castle are strikingly similar to those seen in the 1968 SPIDER-MAN cartoon, "The Evil Sorcerer". Cover story.

Letter Column Featuring Strange Mails

"Dear Stan, Allow me to be the first..."

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Letters of comment from Bruce Long; Kenneth Sneyd; Karen Bower; and Bill Homah.

More Marvel Masterpieces...
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House ad for Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967); Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #46 (March 1967); and Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967), with covers shown, and all advertised as "Now On Sale!".

Nutty Notes and Nonsensical Name-Dropping, Featuring Naturally Non-Essential News of the Nation's Top Non-Entities!

In-House Column Featuring Bullpen Bulletins

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Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; list of 26 M.M.M.S. members