Strange Tales #166

Name: Strange Tales #166
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Mar 1968 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!”

From 1968, this Marvel double-header puts Doctor Strange front and center as he hurls a blazing bolt of magical energy against the massive, hulking robot Voltorg — a mechanical giant whose sheer scale and armored bulk make the Sorcerer Supreme look almost small by comparison. The cover, penciled and inked by Dan Adkins, crackles with kinetic energy as Strange's crimson Cloak of Levitation billows dramatically behind him, lightning-like beams radiating outward from the conflict. It's a vivid snapshot of Silver Age Marvel at its most imaginative, with Jim Steranko writing, illustrating, coloring, and Joe Sinnott inking the interior story.

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writer, artist, colorist Jim Steranko · inker Joe Sinnott · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Dan Adkins

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Cast · 10 characters

Ancient One Doctor Strange Dum Dum Dugan Jimmy Woo Nick Fury Plan Chu Suwan The Yellow Claw Victoria Bentley Yandroth

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writer, artist, colorist Jim Steranko

inker Joe Sinnott

letterer Sam Rosen

cover pencils, inks Dan Adkins

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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. Meanwhile, Jimmy Woo is ambushed and teleported to the Claw's lair where he prepares to use a machine which will polarize him to death. Fury arrives and struggles with the Claw as Suwan frees Jimmy at the cost of her own life. In tears, Woo vows vengeance against both The Claw and Fury.

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