Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 3

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 #3 Published August, 1968 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Jim Steranko "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!" Writer Jim Steranko Penciler Jim Steranko Inker Dan Adkins Colourist Jim Steranko Letterer Sam Rosen Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #4

Appearing in "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!"

Featured Characters:

•  Nick Fury 

Supporting Characters:

• Alistair Rampson (Only appearance)^[1]
• Rachel MacGregor (Only appearance)^[1]
• Countess Caution (Only appearance)^[1]
• Angus MacGregor (Only appearance)^[1]

Antagonists:

• Nazis (Main story and flashback)
  • Mycroft (Miles von Croff) (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
  • Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed U-477 crewmen (Only appearance; death) (Only in flashback)
• Sir Gavin Ravenlock (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• The "Hell Hound of Ravenlock" (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• U.S. Army (Mentioned)
  • Ken Astor (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
• Loch Ness Monster (Mentioned)
• Sam Hill (Invoked)
• Sir Black Hugh Ravenlock (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Hugh's hound (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• The Devil (Mentioned)
• Hugh's wife (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Hugh's brother (Only appearance)^[1] (Shadow only) (Only in flashback)
• Cain (Mentioned)
• Abel (Mentioned)
• Lord Macbeth (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Referenced)
• God (Mentioned)
• Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned)
• Angus' brother (Rachel's father) (Mentioned)
• Rachel's mother (Mentioned) (Deceased)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Dogs (Main story and flashback)
• Horses (Referenced)
• Hellhounds (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • United Kingdom (Main story and flashback)
    • Scotland (Main story and flashback)
      • Castle Ravenlock (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
        • Tower of Terror (First appearance) (Destruction) (Main story and flashback)
      • Loch Ness (Mentioned)
  • Atlantic Ocean (Mentioned)
• Hell (Referenced)

Items:

Vehicles:

• U-477 (Only appearance; destruction) (Only in flashback)

Events:

• World War II (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!"

Nick Fury has responded to a personal call from one of his World War II soldiers, Ken Astor; however, by the time Fury arrives at the mysterious Castle Ravenlock in Scotland, Ken has been killed by a ghostly "Hell-Hound" that lurks the grounds at night.

The dark mansion is joined by three psychic investigators: Mycroft, Countess Caution, and a young girl named Rachel. Rachel is especially sensitive to psychic phenomenon and other things unseen, as ironically, Rachel is blind. After several surreal encounters, Fury determines that the haunting of Castle Ravenlock is a ruse.

Mycroft is actually Miles von Croff, an escaped Nazi who had placed an underground submarine station at Ravenlock during World War II who partnered with the lord of the manor, Sir Gavin Ravenlock, before turning the "Hell-Hound" upon him too to throw off suspicions.

Wycroft is then accidentally slain by the Hell-Hound while fleeing from a skirmish with Fury; and in a strange twist of fate, young Rachel is determined to be the groundskeeper's, Angus MacGregor's, niece.

Notes

• This story is parodied in Not Brand Echh #11.

• No supporting cast appears in this issue and no special S.H.I.E.L.D. weaponry is used.

• The real U-477 was sunk west of Trondheim in June 1944.

• This issue contains a letters page, "Don't Yield, Write S.H.I.E.L.D.!". Letters are published from: Tony Muscatello, Corbet Besco, Robert Rapp, and Michael B. Holt.

See Also

• 5 Image(s) from Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 3
• 2 Reprints of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 1 3

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