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Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4475326017

Cover by Jim Steranko. First appearance of Scorpio in "Who Is Scorpio?", script by Jim Steranko, pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Joe Sinnott; Fury sneaks into an island fortress, only to get shot in the back. Surprise!; It's an L.M.D., and the shooter is the real Fury!; But on examination, Dugan informs Fury the L.M.D.'s been shot 4 times, not 3 - which means, someone tried to assassinate him!; The only clue is a tiny badge with a "Scorpio" symbol on it; In San Francisco, comic Flip Mason's on the run from gambling debts; In Kansas City, racketeer Mitch Hackett looks forward to joining the mob. In NYC, Fury & Val walk in the rain; At the Monza Autodrome, Count Julio Scarlotti wins a race - and we see he has a Scorpio tattoo on his wrist; Days later in Nevada, Fury helps test an "EPB G-System" (Entrope Phase Barrier Guard System), a force field which is hoped may one day protect entire armies. As SHIELD prepares one final test (with an H-Bomb!) we see the tech firing the missile has a Scorpio tattoo on his wrist; Fury suddenly realizes the EPB's down, and nobody answers his comm; He races across the desert to a rocket sled used by NASA to escape as the missile descends on the spot he was relaxing; At the U.S. Government Research Center in Las Vegas, everyone's been put to sleep with gas by Scorpio - when Fury arrives via motorcycle. Letter to the editor from comics writer Don McGregor. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 4 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached.

Cover by Jim Steranko. SHIELD origin retold in "And Now It Begins...', script by Roy Thomas (plot, dialogue) and Frank Springer (plot), art by Frank Springer; HYDRA repeatedly tries to murder Nick Fury before he can recruited to head SHIELD; The agent in charge of the operation, Agent L, is executed for his failure by Agent H; After reminiscing about his days in WW2, Fury meets Tony Stark, who introduces him to the SHIELD board of directors, then shows him a film detailing HYDRA's operations; After Fury uncovers a bomb in the room and dispatches it, along with the spy who planted it, he realizes the danger facing the free world and takes the job. Frank Springer's 1st Marvel work. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 15 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4125690022

Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. First appearance and death of Bull's-Eye in "The Assassination of Nick Fury!", script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue), Herb Trimpe (plot), and Dick Ayers (plot), pencils by Herb Trimpe and Dick Ayers, inks by Sam Grainger; HYDRA Number 72 hires the services of Bulls-eye, a paid assassin, to kill Nick Fury; Fury is concerned that 3 CIA operatives have been killed, and feels SHIELD could handle the investigation better than they could; Fury picks up Laura for a date, and as they drive, they're followed all over town by Bulls-eye; Number 72 plans to turn NYC into a "bloody battleground" within the hour following Fury's death; Fury & Laura attend a concert by Country Joe & The Fish in Central Park, when Bulls-eye strikes! Abruptly, Number 72 decides this would be the moment SHIELD would expect HYDRA to strike - and changes his plans!; Instead, SHIELD converges on Central Park, and corner Bulls-eye, who decides to shoot it out with them. Dugan shoots Bulls-eye dead, then ponders if there's any pieces of SHIELD left to pick up. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD (1968 1st Series) 18 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423959017

52-page giant; all reprints. Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin. "Who Strikes at - SHIELD?" (from Strange Tales 142), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mike Demeo); After a new "Wild Bill" robot goes wild, Fury checks out the "Encephalogram-Inducer", which, when hooked into the "Brainwave Stimulator" can transform the thoughts of the ESP Division into images; Mentallo breaches multiple defenses of The Fixer's underwater base, then convinces him to join forces; Fury contacts another SHIELD base for info about "Inferno 42" and Batroc The Leaper. Strange Tales #142, 143, and 144 cover reprints by Jack Kirby Mike Esposito. "To Free a Brain Slave" (from ST 143) script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Howard Purcell, inks by Mike Esposito (as M. Demeo); While SHIELD HQ is in the hands of Mentallo & The Fixer, and Fury a helpless prisoner, Dum Dum & his men prepare to strike back. "The Day of the Druid!" (from ST 143), script by Jack Kirby (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), pencils by Jack Kirby (layouts) and Howard Purcell, inks by Mike Esposito (as M. Demeo). 52 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.