Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 1968 #10 - back issue - $30.00

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 New York City 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.

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A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books.

Ad for U.S. coin catalog.

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1969, page 254, registration number B506313.

• - Craig inks and Romita alterations per Nick Caputo, August 2012.
• - Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
• Twas the Night Before Christmas - 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).
• - Between story pages 3 and 4. Offer of free illustrated booklet from the U.S. School of Music.
• - Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022. Between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Ad, with response coupon, from Grit Publishing Co. located between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.
• - Between story pages 9 and 10, on lower half of page.
• Missile Tank - Located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
• - Three small ads on lower half of page, between story pages 15 and 16.
• Shop by Mail; Stamps - Between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
• - Occupies top half of page.
• - Ad for a range of novelty items, located on lower half of page.
• - Letters from Eric Knight, Tom Rutten, Richard Kimble, Dick Glass, Paul Sanford and Charles Shamonsky; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
• - Advertisement for Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #178 and Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #61 using their covers and advertised as ?Now on sale?
• - Inside back cover. Ad for horse paintings.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.