Lot 187
Strange Tales #162 CGC 8.0 2nd Appearance of Valentina Allegro De Fontaine (Marvel Comics, 1967) Off-White to White Pages
Timed Sale: Mirror Dimensions | CBE26013
Auction: 21 August 18.00 BST - 21 September 16.00 BST
Description
Strange Tales #162 CGC 8.0 2nd Appearance of Valentina Allegro De Fontaine (Marvel Comics, 1967).
Cover art by Dan Adkins. Nick Fury stars in "So Evil, The Night!". Story and pencils by Jim Steranko and inks by Frank Giacoia. The Gaff presents Fury with his new car which is made entirely out of clear fiberglass, making it completely invisible from 100 feet away. Fury & Val go to SHIELD's rebuilt ESP Division. There, Jimmy Woo detects that The Yellow Claw is in Chinatown. Nick tells Woo it's his job now, and goes there alone. After a harrowing encounter with a pair of Claw goons, Fury impersonates one of them, and in a darkened shop, meets Fang-Chu (The Claw) face-to-face. "From the Never-World Comes... Nebulos!". Story by Jim Lawrence and Dan Adkins, and art by Dan Adkins. Nebulos commands Strange to take hold of his Staff of Polar Power which places Strange under his control. He returns Strange to Earth to face Mordo, whose power is absorbed by the staff. Strange's spell sends Mordo into cosmic limbo. Returning to Stonehenge where the mystic hourglass remains Strange attempts to remove it from earth but both are pulled back to the Planets Perilous by Nebulos, whose staff returns to him. 36 pgs. Full colour. Cover price $0.12.
CGC Cert: #4730404018
Grader Notes: tanning interior cover, wear spine breaks colour, crease right bottom of front cover breaks colour, crease left bottom of back cover, and off-white to white pages.
