Strange Tales Vol 1 135

	Published
	August, 1965
"Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Man For the Job"
	Writer Stan Lee; Penciler Jack Kirby; Inker Dick Ayers; Letterer Artie Simek;
"Eternity Beckons!"
	Writer Stan Lee; Penciler Steve Ditko; Letterer Sam Rosen;

Looks like somebody has to smash HYDRA!!

-- Colonel Nick Fury

Appearing in "Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Man For the Job"

Featured Characters:

Col. Nick Fury (See chronology) (Joins S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Supporting Characters:

S.H.I.E.L.D. (First appearance)
- Supreme International Council (First appearance)
  - Tony Stark (See chronology)
  - Several unnamed members (First appearance)
- Several unnamed agents (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Hydra (First appearance)
- An unnamed section leader (Only appearance; dies)
- Imperial Hydra (First appearance)
- Agent H (First appearance)
- Several unnamed agents (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Bela Lugosi (Referenced) (Topical reference)
Several Nick Fury LMDs (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Humans
Life-Model Decoy (First appearance)

Locations:

Earth
- United States of America
  - Virginia
    - Arlington
      - Pentagon
  - White House, Washington, D.C. (Referenced)
  - New York
    - New York City
      - Manhattan
        Hydra Headquarters (First appearance)
        The Pendulum (Hydra's fight ring) (First appearance)

Items:

Hydra Uniforms (First appearance)

Vehicles:

S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car (First appearance)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Man For the Job"

Col. Nick Fury reports to the Pentagon where he is mysteriously cloned. Full of questions, he is then escorted to the streets above where the clones have been positioned to protect Fury from hidden assassins. Shoved into a car, another attack is thwarted by various spy gadgets that the car is equipped with. He is told about S.H.I.E.L.D. and that the attacks have come from HYDRA, where the agent responsible for the failed attacks on Fury is killed by Agent H, who replaces him. At S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, Fury is greeted by Tony Stark, who is in charge of the Special Weaponry Section and told that he has been chosen to lead S.H.I.E.L.D. in their mission to destroy HYDRA. At first, Fury is reluctant, but after uncovering a bomb that had been rigged to blow up him and high-ranking officials, he quickly takes control and agrees to lead S.H.I.E.L.D.

Appearing in "Eternity Beckons!"

Featured Characters:

Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

Clea (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Ancient One (Yao)

Antagonists:

Baron Mordo (Karl Mordo)
Dormammu
Baron Mordo's Minions
- Kaecilius
- Sir Anthony Baskerville
Mindless Ones (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Other Characters:

Eternity (Invoked)
Raggadorr (Invoked)
Cyttorak (Invoked)
Vishanti (Invoked)
Hoggoth (Invoked)

Locations:

Dark Dimension
England
- London Heathrow Airport (First appearance)
Asia
- Tibet

Items:

Flames of Regency
Cloak of Levitation
Eye of Agamotto
Spells
- Rings of Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Invoked)
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)

Synopsis for "Eternity Beckons!"

Seeking information that could help him locate the entity known as Eternity, Doctor Strange travels to London, dealing with any of Mordo's minions sent to deal with him. While in the Dark Dimension Dormammu learns that it was Clea who had released the Mindless Ones during his previous attack on Doctor Strange. Visiting a mystic named Sir Baskerville, Baskerville tells Strange that he has knowledge of Eternity in some scrolls.

However Baskerville is really an agent of Baron Mordo and alerts his master, Mordo sends out one of his minions to do his bidding, channeling his mystical powers through him. However, Strange easily defeats Mordo's minion, knocks out Baskerville and fights off more of Mordo's astral minions before departing the castle. Mordo arrives shortly after to find that his opponent has escaped.

Notes

Continuity Notes

S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury's origin story had been expanded and fully explained in Fury #1.
Hydra's Agent H, Laura Brown, has changed codename into Agent G in Strange Tales #137.

Chronology Notes

Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Man For the Job
Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
Nick Fury

Tony Stark

Publication Notes

First issue of Strange Tales to feature a Nick Fury story, replacing the previous Human Torch feature that regularly appeared in this series. Nick Fury's stories would continue to share the Strange Tales title with Doctor Strange until the series splits into Doctor Strange with issue #169 and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., with a new issue #1.
This issue's cover has been homaged in Mighty Avengers #18.