Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 1968 #2 - 7.0 - $25.00

Off the Pacific Coast, en route to the Heli-Carrier Fury and Jimmy Woo are knocked out of the sky and wind up on a volcanic island transformed into a Garden of Eden and biological laboratory by Centurius, a scientist who disappeared in the 1930s when his theories were scoffed at. After creating both new and extinct forms of life and sending them into space Centurius plans to rain down fire on the Earth for forty days and forty nights, cleansing it and starting the world anew. With the help of a visiting movie company and their robot gorilla prop, Fury and Woo put the kibosh on his plans.

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1968, page 250, registration number B474941.

• - Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
• So Shall Ye Reap... Death! - Centurius becomes the 3rd Steranko villain to use the phrase "Parable Of Doom" (see page 10, panel 9), though to date there appears no connection whatsoever between him, Baron Strucker & Scorpio. Last panel on page 5 altered due to the Comics Code Authority; inadvertently, the new panel is far more suggestive than the one it replaced. Original panel restored in 2000 reprint. Joe Giella (longtime friend of Frank Giacoia) assists on inks; Fury's face in page 10, panel 7 is clearly his work.
• - Ad offering free booklet on "How to Gain a Good Command of English" Between story pages 3 and 4.
• - Advertisement for Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts ($1.60 each), sweat shirts ($3.15 each), and the Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit ($1.00 each). Between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Between story pages 6 and 7.
• Missile Firing Tank - Sold by Honor House Products. Between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.
• - Ad for U.S. coin catalog. Between story pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
• - Ad for martial arts book sent in plain wrapper, $3.98. Between story pages 15 and 16.
• Shop by Mail; Stamps - A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books, between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Includes: Stan's Soapbox!; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
• - Ad for various novelty items on upper half of page.
• - Advertisement for selling Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co. on lower half of page.
• - Letters of comment from Michael Holt, William DeLaTorre, Jack MacDonald, Gordon Flagg Jr., Steve Barnes, Barbara Campbell, Harry G. Purvis, and Michael Hayes.
• - Promo ad for the first issue of the Spectacular Spider-Man magazine. Art shows the line-drawn mock-up of the cover.
• - Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales. Inside back cover.
• - Back cover. Ad for toy soldiers.