Strange Tales 1951 #162 - 7.0 - $22.00

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

• So Evil, The Night! - Nick Caputo believes the splash page was inked by Steranko. 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 earlier checklist in Comic Book Marketplace # 28, October 1995, credits him with coloring beginning with # 157. Part 4 of 9. 2nd appearance of The Gaff & Val. 1st appearance of Fury's new car, and the new ESP Division, replacing those destroyed in STRANGE TALES #153 (March 1967) and the flashback in #160 (September 1967). The Claw having Fury fight a giant octopus pays tribute to the Ian Fleming James Bond 007 novel, DR. NO (1958). James Bond finally got a car capable of invisibility in the film DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002).
• Welcome to the Wonderful World of Marvel Madness! - Items; Stan's Soapbox!; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
• From the Never-World Comes... Nebulos! - Part 16 of 22; part 5 of the Living Tribunal sequence. Several panels based closely on Steve Ditko panels; the effect resembles Ditko pencils plus Wood inks. 1st 2-page spread in a Dr. Strange story! The image of Nebulos on the splash page is swiped from the John Schoenherr cover painting to the 1962 Pyramid Books edition of Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon.
• - Letters of comment from Don Markstein; Jay Zaremba; and Martin Frutin. Also includes Merry Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.