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Strange Tales #138 (1965) · The Collector

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Strange Tales (1951)
#138

Marvel#138

Strange Tales

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Strange Tales #138

Sometimes the Good Guys Lose! / If Eternity Should Fail!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: November 1965
On sale: Aug 10, 1965
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Eternity

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Grand Comics Database issue 19611

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Aboard SHIELD's Intercontinental Ballistic Plane Fury uses the Televiewer Tube to locate the Betraton Bomb launch site. It is destroyed but the bomb was already launched. Agent G unsucsessfully implores her father, Imperial Hydra to come to his senses. He sends HYDRA's Fox Division to deliver his terms to every nation on Earth. Tony Stark prepares to show Fury the Braino-Saur,a new weapon when HYDRA agents capture him. At Imperial Industries board members vie for position, hoping to stage a corporate coup. Imperial Hydra gloats over Fury, while in Washington, HYDRA delivers their ultimatum.

Writers: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
Pencillers: Jack Kirby, John Severin, Steve Ditko
Inkers: John Severin, Steve Ditko
Colorists: Stan Goldberg, Marie Severin
Letterer: Sam Rosen
Covers: Jack Kirby, John Severin
Cover colors: Stan Goldberg
Editor: Stan Lee
Cover letters: Sam Rosen

Characters

Eternity· 1st appearance
Ancient One
Arnold Brown
Baron Mordo
Clea
Doctor Strange
Dormammu
Dum Dum Dugan
Gabe Jones
Hamir
Leslie Farrington
Nick Fury
Stephen Strange
Tony Stark
Vincent Vandergill

Teams: S.H.I.E.L.D.

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