Strange Tales #140

Dates

Cover date

January 1966

On sale

October 12, 1965

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #140 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition12¢ cover

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition10d [0-0-10 GBP] cover

  British

  Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• The End of Hydra! · 12 pages

  Fury defeats the Hunter robot. Surrounded by HYDRA's Tiger squad, Dum Dum, Gabe and fellow agents use a Flying Wedge formation and an Electro-Jab weapon to push thru. HYDRA retaliates with Skate Board Units. Joined by Fury SHIELD overpowers HYDRA while Supreme Hydra realizes he must use Operation Last Resort. In space, Stark disarms the Betraton Bomb. SHIELD orders the arrest of HYDRA agents worldwide. SHIELD blasts into HYDRA's Nerve Center while their leader walks up the stairs leading to Imperial Industries boardroom. As he prepares to hit the destruct button, we learn his real identity.

• The Pincers of Power! · 10 pages

  Dormammu sends Strange, Mordo & The Ancient One to a neutral dimension. He then uses a sleeping potion on the Mindless Ones, so his domain will be temporarily safe and summons rulers of nearby dimensions. Dormammu arrives to challenge Strange in person to battle for total mastery of Earth! Strange accepts, then Dormammu declares they shall fight using only the "Pincers Of Power", and no other spells or incantations. This way, it will be a battle of skill, not power. The battle is fierce-- but when it appears Strange is about to overcome his adversary, Mordo strikes Strange from behind...

Publisher’s description

The Imperial Hydra revealed! Who is Hydra’s Head of Terror, and what will he do when the Betatron bomb is activated? Agent G makes her full defection to S.H.I.E.L.D., while Tony Stark saves the day! All the lords and ladies of the mystical realm watch Doctor Strange duel with Dormammu.

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003), Marvel Tales (1966), Pow! (1967), Terrific! (1967), Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968), Strange Tales (1973), The Avengers (1973), Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (1978), Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (1978), Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (1984), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Doctor Strange (2001), Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2010), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (2014), S.H.I.E.L.D. by Lee & Kirby: The Complete Collection. (2015), S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection Omnibus (2015), Doctor Strange Omnibus (2016), Doctor Strange Epic Collection (2016)