Strange Tales #157

Name: Strange Tales #157
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Jun 1967 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Crisis!”

★ 1st appearance — The Living Tribunal

This 1967 Marvel dual-feature title brings together Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Doctor Strange under the urgent banner of "Crisis!" — and Jim Steranko's cover makes the stakes feel genuinely enormous. A massive, bald-headed villain dominates the composition, clutching a helpless male figure in one green-gloved fist while a young woman in yellow is thrown aside below, all set against a globe-spanning black web and crackling energy. Steranko's dynamic composition pulls the eye across every corner of the image, making this one of the more striking covers Marvel had to offer that year.

writer Stan Lee · writer, artist, colorist Marie Severin · inker Herb Trimpe · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jim Steranko

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee

writer, artist, colorist Marie Severin

inker Herb Trimpe

letterer Artie Simek

cover pencils, inks Jim Steranko

Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers

▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers

In order to pass his powers onto his desciple, The Ancient One allows Zom to defeat him. Before Strange's eyes, his mentor is fused with one of the giant rocks at Stonehenge, but not before he utters a warning. A battle ensues, until Strange manages to rip the forelock of hair from Zom's head-- at which point, an aura of evil is unleashed, and Zom declares that all is lost. From the horizon, a booming voice is heard, and Zom is banished. Strange turns to behold the towering sight of The Living Tribunal-- who declares that because of Strange's actions, Earth must be "totally destroyed"!

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).