Marvel Immersion Project: Strange Tales #138-144

I will be moving on from Doctor Strange soon for a relatively brief visit with the Avengers.  Strange is certainly a different sort of character but I can't say the stories themselves did much for me.  Nick Fury was a bit more exciting, at least in the beginning.  However, that series was less interesting once it reverted to the typical villain-of-the-month formula.

I'm ready for something new.


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Strange Tales #138
Originally Published November 1, 1965
Writer: Stan Lee

• Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Artist: Jack Kirby
• Hydra kidnaps Fury while threatening the world with a Betatron bomb.
• Doctor Strange
• Artist: Steve Ditko
• Part 9 of Dormammu/Mordo story 
• For those who admire the series for its artwork, #138 is seen as the pinnacle of the Ditko run because...
• Strange meets Eternity

via Marvel Database

Strange Tales #139
December 1, 1965
Writer: Lee

• Fury
• Artist: Kirby
• Agent G, also Imperial Hydra's daughter, helps Fury escape.
• Strange:
• Artist: Ditko
• Part 10 of Dormammu/Mordo
• Strange confronts Mordo directly.

Strange Tales #140
January 1, 1966
Writer: Lee

• Fury
• Artist: Kirby
• Arnold Brown is revealed as Imperial Hydra.
• Strange
• Artist: Ditko
• Part 11 of Dormammu/Mordo
• Strange and Dormammu spar.

Strange Tales #141
February 1, 1966
Writer: Lee

• Fury
• Artist: Kirby
• Nemeses: The Fixer and an unnamed potential collaborator 

The Fixer via Wikipedia

• Strange
• Artist: Ditko
• Part 12 of Dormammu/Mordo
• Strange finally triumphs.

Strange Tales #142
March 1, 1966
Writer: Lee

• Fury
• Artist: Kirby
• Nemeses: The Fixer and his now identified collaborator, Mentallo

Mentallo via Marvel Database

• Strange
• Artist: Ditko
• Nemeses: three agents sent by Mordo, including Demonicus and a mysterious enchantress

Strange Tales #143
April 1, 1966
Lee/Ditko

• Doctor Strange's trouble with Mordo's three agents continues.

Strange Tales #144
May 1, 1966
Writer: Lee

•  Fury
• Artist: Kirby
• Nemesis: The Druid, eventually to be known as Dredmund the Druid

via Captain America Wiki

• Agent Jasper Sitwell is introduced.

via Wikipedia

• Strange:
• Artist: Ditko
• Strange seeks to help a mysterious woman held captive by Dormammu.
• Nemesis: Tazza