Strange Tales 1951 #157 - 4.0 - $19.00

Strucker announces that the impregnable dome over Hydra Island will keep them safe from the Death Spore plague and plans to use Fury's body as the basis for an army of HYDRA androids to police the world once he's dead from the Alpha Ray beam. Fury manages to escapes while SHIELD searches the Heli-Carrier for the bomb Fury takes on one group of HYDRA thugs after another until Strucker faces him one-on-one. With the use of his deadly Satan Claw Strucker gains the upper hand on Fury.

In order to pass his powers onto his desciple, The Ancient One allows Zom to defeat him. Before Strange's eyes, his mentor is fused with one of the giant rocks at Stonehenge, but not before he utters a warning. A battle ensues, until Strange manages to rip the forelock of hair from Zom's head-- at which point, an aura of evil is unleashed, and Zom declares that all is lost. From the horizon, a booming voice is heard, and Zom is banished. Strange turns to behold the towering sight of The Living Tribunal-- who declares that because of Strange's actions, Earth must be "totally destroyed"!

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• Crisis! - Steranko coloring confirmed per checklist in Comic Book Marketplace # 28, October 1995.
• Crisis! - In the introduction to Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury Agent of Shield Volume 2 Steranko says he took over the color chores with Strange Tales # 165 although the checklist in Comic Book Marketplace # 28, October 1995 states he was coloring beginning with # 157. Part 8 of 9. 1st appearance of The Satan Claw. The nine-panel fight scene on page 7, as well as the lead-in final panel from page 6 appear to be an intentional homage to the Simon and Kirby scene of Jimmy Woo fighting the Yellow Claw's microscopic soldiers in Yellow Claw (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (February 1957).
• Dazzling Data, Dizzy Dispatches, and Dangerous Declarations of Rather Dubious Distinction! - Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
• The End of the Ancient One! - Part 11 of 22; part 2 of Zom sequence. First appearance of The Living Tribunal.
• - Letters of comment from Kevin Karusek, and Barry Brookner. Also includes Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.