Strange Tales, #147

Published: August 1966

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Strange Tales #147

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The Enemy Within!
1.000 pages spy
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The Enemy Within!
Story 1 12.000 pages spy
Storyline

Returning from their latest mission, Fury catches hell from the military brass. Count Royale continues bad-mouthing Fury to SHIELD's board of directors. A general 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 confirms Fury's earlier suspicions that A.I.M. is not legit. 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. Royale, meanwhile, feels Fury's rash actions have put the last nail in his coffin.

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Part 3 of 5. Dick Ayers inks per Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (24 July 2005). Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo) is incorrectly listed in the credits. Henry Kujawa confirms (7 August 2007). Weapons are credited to Forbush Novelty Co.

Items of Lasting Insignificance from the Four Corners of Marveldom!
Story 2 1.000 pages non-fiction

"BULLETIN! Talk about a blast!"

Story Notes

Bulletins, The Wrap-Up!, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members.

From the Nameless Nowhere Comes... Kaluu!
Story 3 10.000 pages superhero

"Even in New York's famous, fantastic, far-out Greenwich Village..."

Storyline

Strange walks the streets of Greenwich Village and after stopping a robbery returns home to find his bills unpaid, his bank account empty, and a city building inspector informing him he has six months to bring his house up to code. 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.

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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 it's effectively one single long epic. Page 6, panels 3-5 and page 7, panels 1-5 consist of Steve Ditko panels from Strange Tales #127.

Story 4 1.000 pages

"Dear Stan, Concerning the "new role" of Nick Fury..."

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Letters of comment from Thomas M. Bell, Larry Mone, Elgin R. Gray, and Robin Goodfellow; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.