Strange Tales #146 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $1,673.00
Sold: Jul 28, 2012
Strange Tales #146 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1966
About Strange Tales #146
Nick Fury and Doctor Strange stories. Eternity vs. Dormammu. Steve Ditko cover and art, his last work on Doctor Strange. Don Heck art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Dr. Strange; Eternity
Pencils: Steve Ditko
Inks: Steve Ditko
Colors: Stan Goldberg ?
Letters: Sam Rosen
Notes: Images taken from interior Dr. Strange story.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Dum Dum Dugan; Count Bornag Royale (Ambassador for A.I.M. / Advanced Idea Mechanics); "THEM"
Synopsis: Aboard the Heli-Carrier Count Royale, a representative of A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) a society of the world's greatest intellects, is offended by SHIELD's security measures. Fury uses a sonic vibrator to blast into an underwater base but is trapped between electric energy waves. A stalemate occurs when Fury reveals he has fission bombs that would blow up the base. A group of androids escape and trample AIM's hordes. Royale tells SHIELD's directors he cannot offer AIM's services and technology under their current leader. Defeating the androids Fury suspects A.I.M behind the operation.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (layouts); Don Heck
Inks: Mike Esposito [as Mickey Demeo]
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973)
Notes: Part 2 of 5. Story continues from TALES OF SUSPENSE #78 (June 1966), and presumably the flashback in STRANGE TALES #160-161 (Sept-Oct 1967) which was "too secret" for anyone to talk about. The android-growing tanks appear to pay tribute to THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951). 1st published appearance of Count Royale; based on the dialogue the story takes place after his appearance in this month's TALES OF SUSPENSE #79 (July 1966) since his motivations in this story are questionable (his guilt is confirmed in the Captain America episode). Stark's problems with the Senate in TALES OF SUSPENSE #72-84 (December 1965-December 1966) are mentioned; his plant is forcibly shut down in SUSPENSE #78 (June 1966) presumably allowing A.I.M. to offer their technology to SHIELD.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
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 |
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Universal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 42 | 35 | 37 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 341 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
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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 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 363 |
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