Strange Tales Vol 1 154

"Beware... The Deadly Dreadnaught!"
	Writer Roy Thomas; Jim Steranko; Penciler Jim Steranko; Inker Jim Steranko; Letterer Sam Rosen; Editor Stan Lee;
"Clea Must Die!"
	Writer Stan Lee; Penciler Marie Severin; Letterer Sam Rosen; Editor Stan Lee;

But, no matter the danger, no matter the dread challenge that awaits me ... I ... must go forth...

-- Doctor Strange

Appearing in "Beware... The Deadly Dreadnaught!"

Featured Characters:

Nick Fury

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Hydra
- Supreme Hydra (disguised as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Bronson)
Dreadnought (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Boothroyd
unnamed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents

Locations:

S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

Items:

A.U.T.O.F.A.C. (Analytical Unit for Tabulation of Origin Factors And Computation)
Repulsor Watch
Electronic Absorbers (in cufflinks)
Eavesdropper Pen
Auto Destruct Mechanism (in pen)

Synopsis for "Beware... The Deadly Dreadnaught!"

While the AUTOFAC computer works out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury plans to have Bronson transport Laura to SHIELD's West coast HQ. In the Personal Effects Dept. Fury is given a new weapons-laden outfit. Just in time-- as moments later, he's attacked by The Dreadnought, a deadly 8-foot-tall HYDRA killer robot. Laura suspects Bronson may be the Supreme Hydra himself, and her suspicions are confirmed by AUTOFAC, but before she can pass on the info, Bronson overpowers her. Fury just barely manages to beat The Dreadnought, but finds Laura is missing-- and AUTOFAC names her as the Supreme Hydra!

Appearing in "Clea Must Die!"

Featured Characters:

Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

Veritas (First appearance)
The doomed

Antagonists:

Umar

Other Characters:

Mindless Ones
Clea (Vision)
Vishanti (Invoked)
- Hoggoth (Invoked)
Cyttorak (Invoked)
Seraphim (Invoked)
Raggadorr (Invoked)
Munnopor (Invoked)

Locations:

Dark Dimension
- Umar's Cavernous Castle
  - Dungeon of the Doomed
- Pillar of Force
- Silent Halls of Death

Items:

Cloak of Levitation
Eye of Agamotto
Flames of Regency
Pillar of Peril
Spells
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Invoked)
- Circle of the Seraphim
- Rings of Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Mists of Munnopor

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Clea Must Die!"

Forced to battle a lone Mindless One while his mystical powers are depleted, Doctor Strange seeks cover in his astral form to recharge his mystical abilities, the Mindless One with an indestructable victim (thanks to a spell that protects Strange's body) seeks a defeatable opponent.

Strange then returns to the Dark Dimension where he seeks to enter Umar's castle, traveling to the caverns deep below, he is aided by Veritas, a being that helps Strange reach Umar's throne room. While Umar is frightened by the visions under Veritas' cloak, Strange is able to conjure up a mystical screen showing Clea's location, however Umar fires a mystical bolt into the screen that threatens to kill Doctor Strange's love.

Notes

This issue contains a detailed blueprint of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier by artist Jim Steranko.

This issue contains a letters page, "Strange Mails". Letters are published from Bruce Long, Kenneth Sneyd, Karen Bower, and Bill Homah.
- In his letter, Homah speculates that Stan Lee's real name is Irving Forbush - which is false, as Lee's real name was Stanley Martin Lieber, later legally changed to Lee; Forbush is an inner joke, not a real person, who later became a comical Marvel character. The answer given to Homah is more cryptic, but denies that Lee and Forbush are the same person.

This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]

Trivia

It is revealed for the first time in this issue that Dum Dum Dugan's real name is Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan.

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