{"product_id":"nick-fury-agent-of-shield-1968-8-1777030","title":"Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 1968 #8 - reader copy - $13.00","description":"\u003cp\u003eRiots break out around the world following an assassination attempt on Fury. Other agents are being killed and the leaders of the riots exhibit no emotions. Aboard the Heli-Carrier a meeting of the board of directors is interrupted by a transmission from Supremus, who orders SHIELD to disband in the wake of Fury's death. Supremus plans to turn the world into a \"laboratory\" using genetic manipulation to turn the human race into slaves. With the help of Fatima, a woman seen at the riot in London, Nick stops Supremus from setting off hidden caches of \"zombie gas\" in the US by remote control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1969, page 254, registration number B474903.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThus Speaks Supremus! - SHIELD logo altered only for this issue.  Title from story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThus Speaks Supremus! - Trimpe assisted on numerous pages\/panels, including page 1, 6, 10, 11-13 and 16. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2018.  \r\n\r\nTony Stark last seen in a SHIELD episode in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #152 (January 1967). Fury gets a new Ferrari (between episodes) to replace the one destroyed by Scorpio in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 Series) #5 (October 1968). Plot structure more confusing and awkward than usual.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80,000 Candlepower - Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between story pages 3 and 4.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - 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. Located between story pages 6 and 7.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.\r\nBetween story pages 6 and 7.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissile Firing Tank - Advertisement for a toy tank large enough to sit in from Honor House Products Corp. Located between story pages 9 and 10. Occupies top half of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Advertisement for children to sell Grit Magazine from Grit Publishing Co. Located between story pages 9 and 10. Occupies bottom half of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop by Mail; Stamps - Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 15 and 16.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop by Mail - Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 18 and 19.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Titanic Treasure-Trove of Traumatically Tempting Tid-Bits, Tastefully Tossed Together to Tease and Tantalize Thee! - Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; Frustration Dept.!; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.  Also includes an illustration taken from a panel in the previous issue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Letters from Robert Ewing, J. Scott Stewart, Roger G. Ledbetter, Peter Strupp, Mike McKeegan, George Spillers, Lynn Nelson, and Femio Polanco; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.  Also includes two illustrations taken from two panels of the previous issue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - House ad for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #68 and for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #9.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Inside back cover. Ad for body building products.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652481212566,"sku":"CSAS1871I22473B1777030","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/5854\/5795\/files\/22473.jpg?v=1783323837","url":"https:\/\/shop.thecomicsplace.com\/products\/nick-fury-agent-of-shield-1968-8-1777030","provider":"Comics Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}