Best Place to Sell Strange Tales #161

Publisher: Marvel, 1967

About Strange Tales #161

First appearance of Silver Age Yellow Claw. Fantastic Four and Captain America appearances. Statue of Liberty cover. Jim Steranko cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Second Doom!

Characters: Yellow Claw; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury

Pencils: Jim Steranko

Inks: Jim Steranko

Colors: Jim Steranko ?

Letters: Sam Rosen

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: The Second Doom

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Nick Fury; Jimmy Woo; The Yellow Claw; Suwan; Fritz Von Voltzmann

Synopsis: Reed Richards & Ben Grimm save Cap from falling to his death while Fury saves himself by catching onto the Statue's crown. Reed and Ben provide assistance to the pair and stop the invaders plans, cutting off all power on the East Coast, creating the New York City Blackout in the process. Back in the present Jimmy Woo tells Fury he believes the man behind the scheme was The Yellow Claw. In a underground base The Yellow Claw, his niece Suwan & his ally Von Voltzmann eavesdrop on the conversation, as The Claw speaks of his "infallible" scheme - "The Second Doom".

Pages: 12.000

Script: Jim Steranko

Pencils: Jim Steranko

Inks: Jim Steranko

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Part 3 of 9. ("Project: Blackout! Part II"). Yellow Claw, Suwan & Von Voltzmann's previous appearance in THE YELLOW CLAW #4 (April 1957). Flashback apparently takes place between STRANGE TALES #145-146, TALES OF SUSPENSE #78-79 and FANTASTIC FOUR #51-52 (all cover-dated June-July 1966). The name of The Claw's plan was a clue to the truth behind the entire story. The Yellow Claw's new metal skull-cap is identical to the one worn by the villain "Ironhead" (Tom Reese) in the Matt Helm film MURDERERS' ROW (1966). In the introduction to Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury Agent of Shield Volume 2 Steranko says he took over the color chores with Strange Tales # 165.

Title: And a Scourge Shall Come Upon You!

Characters: Baron Mordo; Dr. Strange; Victoria Bentley; Nebulos (Lord of the Planets Perilous)

Synopsis: Mordo exiles Strange to "The World Of the Million Perils", then sets about restoring some of the magic to his new coven. Lost in a distant galaxy Strange suffers temporary memory loss and faces a nameless beast within a hollow sphere. On Earth, Victoria Bentley, freed of the evil finds herself being hurled between worlds, wondering if it's Mordo's doing. Strange hears a cry for help, and discovers Victoria being menaced by a gigantic ant! The two face Nebulos, a bizarre alien creature who claims they are part of his plan.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Raymond Marais; Dan Adkins (co-plot)

Pencils: Dan Adkins

Inks: Dan Adkins

Letters: Al Kurzrok

Notes: Part 15 of 22; part 4 of the Living Tribunal sequence. Between Jim Steranko & Dan Adkins, both series in STRANGE TALES now have artists partly inspired by Wally Wood. Several panels based closely on Steve Ditko panels. 1st appearance of Nebulos.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Marie Severin; Jim Steranko (illustrations)

Inks: Herb Trimpe; Jim Steranko (illustrations)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Letters of comment from Louis Morra; Bruce Moore; and Marc Cutler. Also includes Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.

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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	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	8	6	13	13	24	20	37	22	30	31	24	24	24	13	2	0	0	298
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
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	8	8	8	6	6	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	53
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	3	9	7	15	13	32	28	45	29	37	37	30	24	26	14	2	0	0	356

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