Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (feature)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Strange Tales #135 (Aug. 1965). Cover art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	1965
No. of issues	34
Main character(s)	Nick Fury
Creative team
Created by	Stan Lee Jack Kirby Jim Steranko
Written by	Stan Lee Jim Steranko
Artist(s)	Frank Giacoia Jack 'King' Kirby Jim Steranko
Editor(s)	Stan 'The Man' Lee

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was a feature on in the anthology comic Strange Tales it intoduced the fictional spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. into the Marvel comics world and reintroduced the character of Nick Fury as a an older character from his currently running series Sgt. Fury, which was a WWII comic. The feature replaced the previously running Human Torch feature in the book and ran alongside the Dr. Strange feature.

Background

Nick Fury debuted in May 1963, in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos; a World War II themed comic which followed Sgt Nick Fury and his fellow soldiers on various missions against agents of Nazi Germany. Sgt. Fury was an immediate hit for Marvel and the character was incorporated into the greater Marvel Universe in Fantastic Four #21, by the end of 1963. Seeing the commercial success of the character, Stan Lee decided to create a second Nick Fury series to run concurrently with the World War II-centric Sgt Fury. Fury, who was a plain-clothed secret agent with an eye patch over one of his eyes in his Fantastic Four guest appearance, would be turned into a secret agent in his new contemporary series: Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Prints

Strange Tales releases

1. The Day of the Druid! (Issue 144, May 1966)
2. Lo! The Eggs Shall Hatch! (Issue 145, June 1966)
3. When the Unliving Strike! (Issue 146, July 1966)
4. The Enemy Within! (Issue 147, August 1966)
5. Death Before Dishonor! (Issue 148, September 1966)
6. The End of A.I.M.! (Issue 149, October 1966)
7. Hydra Lives! (Issue 150, November 1966)
8. Overkill! (Issue 151, December 1966)
9. The Power of SHIELD! (Issue 152, January 1967)
10. The Hiding Place! (Issue 153, February 1967)
11. Beware...The Deadly Dreadnought! (Issue 154, March 1967)
12. Death Trap! (Issue 155, April 1967)
13. The Tribunal! (Issue 156, May 1967)
14. Crisis! (Issue 157, June 1967)
15. Final Encounter! (Issue 158, July 1967)
16. Spy School (Issue 159, August 1967)
17. Project: Blackout, Part 1 (Issue 160, September 1967)
18. Project: Blackout! Part II - The Second Doom (Issue 161, October 1967)
19. So Evil, the Night! (Issue 162, November 1967)
20. And the Dragon Cried... Death! (Issue 163, December 1967)
21. Beware...The Deadly Dreadnought! (Issue 164, January 1968
22. Behold the Savage Sky! (Issue 165, February 1968)
23. If Death Be My Destiny! (Issue 166, March 1968)
24. Armageddon! (Issue 167, April 1968)
25. Today Earth Died! (Issue 168, May 1968)

Issue	Time	Story title	Cover date	Along	Comic Book Roundup rating	Estimated sales (first month)
#135	1	The Man For the Job	August 1965
#136	2	Find Fury or Die!	September 1965
#137	3	The Prize Is... Earth!	October 1965
#138	4	Sometimes the Good Guys Lose!	November 1965
#139	5	The Brave Die Hard!	December 1965
140	6	The End of HYDRA	January 1966
#141	7	Operation: Brain Blast!	February 1966
#142	8	Who Strikes at --- S.H.I.E.L.D.?	March 1966
#143	9	To Free a Brain Slave!	April 1966
#144	10	The Day of the Druid!	May 1966
	11
	12
	13
	14
	15
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
#	21
	22
	23
	24
	25
	26
	27
	28
	29
	30
	31
	32
	33
	34

External links

• Strange Tales at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)