Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #10 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1969

About Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #10

Hate-Monger appearance. Christmas cover. Frank Springer and John Romita Sr. cover. Springer and Johnny Craig art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Hate-Monger; Nick Fury; Laura Brown

Pencils: Frank Springer; John Romita (alterations)

Inks: Frank Springer; John Romita (alterations)

Notes: Craig inks and Romita alterations per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

Reprints: Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (1975)

STORY DETAILS

(2 Stories)

Title: Twas the Night Before Christmas

Characters: Nick Fury; Dolly; Harv; Luke; Laura Brown; Jasper Sitwell; Hate-Monger [unknown]

Synopsis: Fury heads home to his apartment and is surprised by Laura Brown, who tells him that she thought it would be nice to spend Christmas together. Their celebrations are interrupted by a transmission from The Hate-Monger, who plans to drop a "Germ Bomb" to wipe out the entire population of NYC and as a result, will turn the world leaders against each other, resulting in a nuclear holocaust that will purge Earth of all living beings. But thanks to a mysterious unidentified object, Fury manages to make it home in time to finish celebrating with Laura.

Pages: 20.000

Script: Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue); Frank Springer (plot)

Pencils: Frank Springer; Barry Smith (see notes)

Inks: Johnny Craig

Letters: Artie Simek; Jean Izzo; Morrie Kuramoto (uncredited)

Reprints: Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (1975)

Notes: Smith pencils on page 2, panels 2-4; page 3 and page 4, panels 1-3. Smith pencil credits from Michel Faber, April 2009. The fact that this action sequence has no relevance to the rest of the story suggests that it was originally produced for a different Nick Fury story that was rejected or not completed. Izzo and Kuramoto lettering on Barry Smith penciled pages. info per Nick Caputo, August 2012. Jasper Sitwell last seen in a SHIELD episode in STRANGE TALES #159 (August 1967). Self-Orbiting Attack Craft last seen in NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #2 (July 1968). Third time Hate-Monger appears in this story; it's clearly not Adolph Hitler this time, as he has no moustache. Hate-Monger's scheme of germ-induced mass murder, provoking a nuclear war and a new population riding out the holocaust aboard a space station was mirrored to varying degrees in the plots of the 007 films THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) and MOONRAKER (1979).

Pages: 2.000

Script: Roy Thomas ?

Pencils: Frank Springer (illustration)

Inks: Frank Springer (illustration)

Letters: typeset; Sam Rosen

Notes: Letters from Eric Knight, Tom Rutten, Richard Kimble, Dick Glass, Paul Sanford and Charles Shamonsky; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	6	9	8	12	19	24	18	18	24	8	1	0	0	161
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	3	6	10	10	12	20	25	23	19	25	8	1	0	0	174

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