Lot 64
Strange Tales #167 CGC 7.5 1st Valentina Allegro de Fontaine Cover (Marvel Comics, 1968) Off-White to White Pages
Northern Collection: Space, Science and Magic | CB26012
Auction: 11 September AT 15.00 BST
Description
Strange Tales #167 CGC 7.5 Yellow Claw appearance (Marvel Comics, 1968).
Iconic cover art by Jim Steranko. Nick Fury stars in "Armageddon!". Story and pencils by Jim Steranko, and inks by Joe Sinnott. While Jimmy Woo cradles the body of Suwan in his arms a SHIELD Suicide Squad bursts in via The Dreadnought, a colossal tunneling machine. The Claw vanishes but Fury uses a Pseudo-Elliptoid Wrist Tracer to find him, but arrives just as the villain escapes into the Space-Time Continuum in an Infinity Sphere; Fury finds a Prototype Warp-Vest and follows The Yellow Claw as they have a psychic duel. "This Dream—This Doom!". Story by Dennis O'Neil and Dan Adkins, and art by Adkins. The Ancient One is alive and tells Strange he made Zom believe he was dead so he could pass on his powers to his disciple; With the Cosmic Balance restored he was able to shatter the spell that bound him; In his Himalayan retreat Strange and the Ancient One discover that Victoria Bentley is a prisoner in the Dimension of Dreams. Using a mystic gem and with his mentor to mentally guide him Strange travels to Victoria. 36 pgs. Full colour. Cover price $0.12.
CGC Cert: #4730404013
Grader Notes: tanning cover, spine stress lines breaks colour, and off-white to white pages.
