Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #5 Twin Cities pedigree (Marvel, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $1,015.75
Sold: Aug 19, 2011
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1968
About Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #5
Scorpio appearance. Jim Steranko story, cover, and art - his last work on the title.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Scorpio; Nick Fury; Val [Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine]
Pencils: Jim Steranko (signed)
Inks: Jim Steranko (signed)
Colors: Jim Steranko (signed)
Letters: Jim Steranko (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Val [Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine]; Nick Fury; Pickman (locksmith); Scorpio [Jake Fury] (unrevealed); Dum Dum Dugan; Senator Irksome
Synopsis: The ESP Division picks up "possible danger", sending Nick straight into a trap set by Scorpio! Nick is captured. Fury manages to dodge one death trap after another, then faces his would-be killer. He pursues the escaping imposter, who tears off his mask, revealing his true identity to Nick-- just before being caught in a hail of gunfire from a group of SHIELD agents! After, Nick stands alone on a dock, looking out over the water, wondering if the man who tried so very hard to murder him is still alive.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Jim Steranko
Pencils: Jim Steranko
Inks: John Tartaglione
Letters: Sam Rosen
Notes: Identity of Scorpio revealed by Roy Thomas in THE AVENGERS #72 (January 1970), reprinted in ESSENTIAL AVENGERS Vol.4 (2004). Pickman based on Robert Morley. More details revealed when Scorpio returns in THE DEFENDERS #46, 48-50 (April, June-August 1977). Full background of character not revealed until flashback in FURY #1 (May 1994). Steranko repeated the gimmick of ending the story by having a character diving into water thru a hail of gunfire in CAPTAIN AMERICA #111 (March 1969). Nick's Ferrari, which he's had since STRANGE TALES #162 (November 1967) is destroyed; he gets a replacement in NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #8 (January 1969).
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CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 55 | 58 | 52 | 71 | 67 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 504 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 31 | 44 | 51 | 74 | 81 | 65 | 88 | 73 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 656 |
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