Lot 188
Strange Tales #165 CGC 6.5 Cover by Dan Adkins "Behold the Savage Sky!" (Marvel Comics, 1968) Off-White to White Pages
Timed Sale: Mirror Dimensions | CBE26013
Auction: 21 August 18.00 BST - 21 September 16.00 BST
Description
Strange Tales #165 CGC 6.5 Cover by Dan Adkins "Behold the Savage Sky!" (Marvel Comics, 1968).
Cover art by Jim Steranko. Nick Fury stars in "Behold the Savage Sky!". Story and pencils by Jim Steranko, and inks by Frank Giacoia. As The Yellow Claw is about to destroy NYC, the SHIELD Heli-Carrier arrives and a squad led by Dugan assault The Sky Dragon. Fury breaks loose and defeats Von Voltzmann while several agents corner The Claw, but he lays them out using Hyper-Psionic Brain Emanations. His nervous system drained, The Claws unleashes a squad of robot replicas of himself to cover his escape. Fury catches up with the real Claw using a Magnetic Pelfrag Shooter to weigh him down but the pellets disintegrate. "The Mystic and the Machine!". Story by Jim Lawrence and Dan Adkins and art by Dan Adkins. Strange continues thru the underground tunnel until he comes to a large set of doors; Upon getting them open, he finds a "Disintegrator" ray is waiting for him. After he takes it out with the "Flames of Faltine," Yandroth realizes his magic is more "potent" than he "calculated", and uses an "Ultra-Spectrum Laser" to incinerate Strange's brain! 36 pgs. Full colour. Cover price $0.12.
CGC Cert: #4730404015
Grader Notes: tanning cover, multiple crease right top of front cover, multiple crease left bottom of back cover, multiple tear with crease right center of front cover, and off-white to white pages.
