Strange Tales #153 Boston pedigree (Marvel, 1967) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $956.00
Sold: Jul 28, 2012
Strange Tales #153 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1967
About Strange Tales #153
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. story with Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko art. Doctor Strange backup feature with Marie Severin art. Steranko cover.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Jim Steranko (signed)
Inks: Jim Steranko (signed)
Colors: Jim Steranko ?
Notes: Original ink credit listed Frank Giacoia. Cover signed Jim Steranko, listed in THE MARVEL COMICS INDEX #6 (George Olshevsky, December 1977), confirmed by Nick Caputo, Barry Pearl, Henry Kujawa & Nick Simon. Henry Kujawa suggested that the Laura Brown figure was inked by Wally Wood, agreed by Nick Simon (August 2007). Nick Caputo believes the cover is inked entirely by Steranko.
Reprints: SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (August 1973)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Clipper Charlie (SHIELD barber); Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Laura Brown; HYDRA; Gabe Jones; Supreme Hydra ["Emir Ali-Bey" (alias); "Agent Bronson" (alias)]; Dum Dum Dugan
Synopsis: The Supreme Hydra infiltrates S.H.I.E.L.D.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Roy Thomas; Jack Kirby (co-plot)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (layouts); Jim Steranko
Inks: Jim Steranko
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: SHIELD [Nick Fury and His Agents of SHIELD] (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (August 1973)
Notes: Part 4 of 9. After 2 episodes where Fury's appearance remained the same, he appears to lose a lot of weight in this one as Steranko begins to modify his appearance.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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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 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 221 |
|
Qualified |
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 |
|
Signature Series |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 33 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 269 |
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