Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 1968 #12 - reader copy - $5.00

Fury is taken into custody when Intelligence Agent Rickard claims he has proof Fury is associating with enemy agents. Unknown to SHIELD Rickard is actually an agent of HYDRA out to discredit Fury and destroy SHIELD. On the run, Fury attempts to avoid capture by his fellow agents and friends. He tracks down Rickard, confronts him and winds up apparently killing him in self-defense when Dum Dum Dugan shows up to arrest him for murder.

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On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1969, page 254, registration number B526622.

• Hell Hath No Fury! - Smith confirmed, via his website, that he inked some pages of this story. Severin colors per this site: http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=210&ItemNo=127472
• - Inside front cover. Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
• Hell Hath No Fury - Part 1 of 3. First appearance of HYDRA in a SHIELD story since the death of Baron Strucker and the destruction of Hydra Island in STRANGE TALES #158 (July 1967). Another branch of HYDRA was taken out this month in CAPTAIN AMERICA #113 (May 1969). Val last appeared in NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #5 (October 1968). Val's actions in this story were never adequately explained. This episode formed the basis of Bob Harras' NICK FURY VS. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (June 1988). Not counting covers, this was Barry Smith's fifth story for Marvel; he was replaced in the next issue, apparently, because his green card ran out and he was forced at short notice to return to England. Smith's next Marvel work was in THE AVENGERS #66-67 (July-August 1969). Smith confirmed, via his website, that he inked some pages of this story.
• - Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper, between story pages 3 and 4.
• - House ad for Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #5 (April 1969) and Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #20, (April 1969), both advertised as "Now On Sale!". Promo located between Pages 6 and 7 of the story, on upper half of page.
• - Advertisement for Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows for $1.50 each and the Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00 each. Located between story pages 6 and 7, on lower half of page.
• The Race to Danger - Between story pages 6 and 7. Comics ad for Lee Leens pants from H.D. Lee Company, Inc..
• - Between story pages 9 and 10.
• - Thumbnail ads for stamps and novelty items, between story pages 15 and 16.
• - Thumbnail ads for stamps and novelty items, between story pages 18 and 19.
• Shop by Mail - Thumbnail ads for novelty items and back-issue comic books, between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
• - Located on top half of page.
• - On lower half of page
• - Letters from Rob Levinson, Darrell Newsom, Anthony Kowalik, Terry Black, Donald F. McGregor (future comics writer), Owen Mahon and Eva Jane Rohrer; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
• - Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products.
• - Inside back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.
• - Back cover. Ad for the American Seed Co.