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Strange Tales #144 (1966) · The Collector

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Strange Tales (1951)
#144

Marvel#144

Strange Tales

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Strange Tales #144

The Day of the Druid! / Where Man Hath Never Trod!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: May 1966
On sale: Feb 10, 1966
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Dredmund Cromwell
1st appearance of Dredmund Druid

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Printing not stated · $0.12
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Printing not stated · GB market · £10.00
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The Druid uses mystic rites to disguise modern, sinister science, sending a deadly flying egg to kill Nick Fury. Fury attempts to shut down a burning planes nuclear reactor and barely survives the ordeal. Later Fury & Dugan are attacked by the egg in SHIELD's flying car as they face a variety of deadly weapons. The pair finally use "Grenade Guns" to destroy the egg. Back at the SHIELD barber shop, clean-cut new recruit Jasper Sitwell has a hard time convincing the barber he's really a SHIELD agent. He tells Fury he's been assigned to help him against the flying eggs, which remain a mystery.

Writers: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Roy Thomas
Pencillers: Jack Kirby, Howard Purcell, Steve Ditko
Inkers: Mike Esposito, Steve Ditko
Colorist: Stan Goldberg
Letterers: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek
Covers: Jack Kirby, Mike Esposito
Cover colors: Stan Goldberg
Editor: Stan Lee
Cover letters: Sam Rosen

Characters

Dredmund Cromwell· 1st appearance
Dredmund Druid· 1st appearance
Ancient One
Clea
Clipper Charlie
Doctor Strange
Dormammu
Dum Dum Dugan
Jasper Sitwell
Nick Fury
Stephen Strange

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

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