| Characters |
Nick Fury; Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| Genre |
Spy |
| Script |
Jim Steranko |
| Pencils |
Jim Steranko |
| Inks |
Jim Steranko; John Romita (alterations); John Verpoorten? (alterations) |
| Colors |
Jim Steranko; John Romita (alterations); John Verpoorten? (alterations) |
| Notes |
Romita and Verpoorten credits added by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008: "Having seen the original art...the Captain America figure was extensively altered by John Romita and perhaps John Verpoorten." |
| Reprinted |
in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (March 1984); in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) #nn (May 2000); in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 |
| Characters |
Dum Dum Dugan; Jasper Sitwell; Nick Fury; Gabe Jones; Laura Brown; Yancy Street Gang (flashback cameo); Mamma Fury (flashback cameo); Jake Fury (unnamed; flashback cameo); The Gaff [Sidney E. Levine]; Val [Contessa Valentina Allegro De Fontaine]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| Synopsis |
Following the destruction of Hydra Island, the Heli-Carrier docks in NYC for repairs. Jasper gets a new secret assignment; Gabe gets an undercover job which involves playing trumpet in Greenwich Village; and Dum Dum takes some leave to visit his family in Boston. Fury reminisces with Laura about his days growing up in Hell's Kitchen; then at SHIELD HQ, offers her a job as an agent. She wants time to think it over, so he sends her on a shopping spree. After a good night's sleep at his apartment, Fury goes to UNIT (Underground Network Intelligence Training academy) where recruits undergo rigorous education. He meets 2 new agents: Sidney E. Levine, a tech expert (who agrees to replace Fury's destroyed Porsche 904) and Val, who scoffs at his attitude that the spy game is man's work. Fury takes on Captain America in a display bout for the recruits, but gets dizzy due to a "side-effect" of the invisibility pill he used earlier. Cap tells him he's found out who was responsible for a job they tackled "a year ago"-- "The Big Blackout". |
| Genre |
Spy |
| Script |
Jim Steranko |
| Pencils |
Jim Steranko |
| Inks |
Jim Steranko |
| Colors |
Jim Steranko |
| Letters |
Jerry Feldman |
| Notes |
Part 1 of 9. 1st appearance of Fury's apartment, The Gaff & Val. During the fight, Cap mentions the last time he & Fury met was when they fought "THEM"'s Humanoid Assassin in TALES OF SUSPENSE #78 (June 1966). That story was clearly Cap & Fury's 1st meeting since WW2 in SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS #13 (December 1964), as Cap had been trying to contact Fury for months about possibly becoming a SHIELD agent (seen in several issues of THE AVENGERS). Yet 4 pages later, Cap refers to a job they tackled together "a year ago". (Perhaps "The Big Blackout" took place immediately after TOS #78, as there was a break between issues #78 & #79.) Meanwhile, after loitering in the shadows outside Stark Industries for 2 months, Jasper would become a regular in the Iron Man series in TALES OF SUSPENSE #95 (November 1967). |
| Reprinted |
in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #1 (October 13, 1976) [pages 1-5]; in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #2 (October 20, 1976) [pages 6-12]; in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (March 1984); in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2000 series) #nn (May 2000); in Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 |
| Characters |
Dr. Strange; Wong; Umar (flashback); Zom (flashback); The Living Tribunal (cameo); Baron Mordo |
| Synopsis |
Strange returns home to find his Sanctum gone! Wong, who barely escaped its destruction in time, recounts how Umar uses a "spell of vanishment". Hoping she acted in haste and failed to use a "psychic seal of permanence", he dispels her enchantment, and his house returns! Using the "Crystal of Agamotto", he senses the growing evil mystic powers around the world. Casting a spell with the "Shield of the Seraphim", he traces the center of the growing evil to a group of mystics, banded together, working to free an imprisoned mystic who will lead them. Strange arrives to strike down the most powerful of the group, but too late to stop them. Sure enough, Strange faces Baron Mordo, his most hated enemy, knowing it will be impossible to convince him to join forces to save the Earth! |
| Genre |
Occult |
| Script |
Marie Severin (co-plot); Roy Thomas (co-plot, dialogue) |
| Pencils |
Marie Severin |
| Inks |
Herb Trimpe |
| Letters |
Al Kurzrok |
| Notes |
Part 13 of 22; part 2 of the Living Tribunal sequence. While under an evil influence, Piper Halliwell once used an identical spell to Umar's to make her house vanish (and it was restored in the same way) in an episode of the tv show CHARMED. |
| Reprinted |
in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 |