Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 1968 #7 - back issue - $18.00
Nick gets into a fight at an unnamed foreign embassy, and winds up being injected with a drug that will cause hallucinations, "hyper-intense paranoia", and death after 6 hours.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1968, page 250, registration number B474946.
- - Salvador Dali tribute. Steranko's last SHIELD cover until SHIELD #1 (February 1973).
- - Ad, with order coupon, for Crash-Weight bars from Joe Weider. Inside front cover.
- Hours of Madness, Day of Death - Archie Goodwin's only solo SHIELD story. Frank Springer illustrated a parody of NICK FURY #3 this month in NOT BRAND ECHH #11.
- - Ad solicits boys to sell Grit magazine. Located between story pages 3 and 4.
- - Between story pages 6 and 7. Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.
- Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free! - Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses, between story pages 6 and 7.
- World's Fastest Train - Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the "New Tokaido" train in Japan, which makes a 320.2 mile trip averaging 101 miles per hour. Located between story pages 9 and 10.
- - Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.
- Stamps; Shop by Mail - Seventeen small ads between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.
- Shop by Mail - Small ads, between story pages 18 and 19.
- - Promo page includes Stan's Soapbox and the Mighty Marvel Checklist. A list of awards won by Marvel from fan popularity ballots is also printed.
- - Ad for H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. hair restorer.
- - Letters of comment from Mike Howell, Steve D. Brown, Robert Weis Jr., Michael Beasley, Frederick Lee Zoucha, Harvey Sobel, Alan Groginsky, James Donoghue and Bob Gale.
- - House ad for Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #2 (November 1968), advertised as "Now On Sale!". Cover art shown is unpainted line art version.
- - Inside back cover. Ad for the Creative Card Company.
- - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.
Our modern back issues are roughly graded at 8.0 or above, Bronze and Silver-age issues are roughly 6.5 or better (usually better) unless an issue is noted as a reader. Readers are not guaranteed to be in any condition above 3.5. Please contact us if you have any questions about specific condition of a back issue. All images used are stock images unless otherwise noted.
Grand Comics Database has more information about this comic