But, no matter the danger, no matter the dread challenge that awaits me ... I ... must go forth... 
Appearing in "Beware... The Deadly Dreadnought!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- 🢐 Dum Dum Dugan 🢒
- 🢐 Jasper Sitwell 🢒
- 🢐 Gabe Jones 🢒
- Other Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Unnamed) (Main story and recap)
- 🢐 Laura Brown 🢒
Antagonists:
- Hydra
- 🢐 Supreme Hydra (Wolfgang von Strucker) 🢒 (Impersonates Agent John Bronson)
- Other Agents of Hydra (Unnamed) (Main story and recap)
- Dreadnought 🢒 (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Desmond Boothroyd (S.H.I.E.L.D.'s armorer)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- A.U.T.O.F.A.C. (Analytical Unit for Tabulation of Origin Factors And Computation)
- Eavesdropper Pen
- Electronic Absorber Cufflinks
- Repulsor Watch
- Auto Destruct Mechanism Ring
- Robot Repair Rat
Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Saucer (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Beware... The Deadly Dreadnought!"
While the AUTOFAC computer works out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury plans to have Bronson transport Laura to S.H.I.E.L.D.'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:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Mindless Ones
- Clea (Vision)
- Vishanti (Invoked)
- Dormammu (Mentioned)
- Doomed
- Cyttorak (Invoked)
- Seraphim (Invoked)
- Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Munnopor (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Dark Dimension
- Umar's Castle
- Dungeon of the Doomed
- Pillar of Force
- Silent Halls of Death
- Umar's Castle
- Astral Plane
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Spells
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Invoked)
- Circle of the Seraphim
- Rings of Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Mists of Munnopor
- Flames of Regency
- Pillar of Peril
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 indestructible victim (thanks to a spell that protects Strange's body) seeks a beatable 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.
Trivia
It is revealed for the first time in this issue that Dum Dum Dugan's real name is Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan.
