Lot 65
Strange Tales #166 CGC 7.0 "Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!" & "If Death Be My Destiny!" (Marvel Comics, 1968)
Northern Collection: Space, Science and Magic | CB26012
Auction: 11 September AT 15.00 BST
Description
Strange Tales #166 CGC 7.0 "Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!" & "If Death Be My Destiny!" (Marvel Comics, 1968).
Cover art by Dan Adkins. "Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!". Story by Jim Lawrence and Dan Adkins (co-plot), pencils by George Tuska, and inks by Dan Adkins. A running battle ensues between Strange and the lightning-hurling Voltorg, which nearly destroys Yandroth's lab before Strange finally takes it out. Yandroth grabs Victoria and uses a "Teleportation" machine to instantly send the two of them to a far-distant world. Strange tries to alter the destination setting so they'll end up on Earth, then follows, winding up in Stonehenge, the very place where his mentor apparently met his demise. Nick Fury stars in "If Death Be My Destiny!". Story and pencils by Jim Steranko, and inks by Joe Sinnott. Using a H.A.W.K. Harness Fury pursues the Claw's escaping airship and discovers his underwater hideout in New York Harbor; The Heli-Carrier's vortex beam holds The Sky Dragon stationary while SHIELD mops up The Claw's men; Fury uses a Pyro-Band to burn into The Claw's lair finding himself in a complex maze. 36 pgs. Full colour. Cover price $0.12.
CGC Cert: #4730404014
Grader Notes: crease left top of back cover, crease right center of front cover breaks colour, spine stress lines breaks colour, and off-white to white pages.
