Strange Tales #167 for Sale - First Appearance of Prime Mover - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue: #167
Publication date: April 1968
Key date: 1968-04-00
On-sale date: 1968-01-02
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Prime Mover - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Suwan.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko; colors: Jim Steranko	Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Gaffer, Gabe Jones, Sidney "Gaff" Levine, Clay Quartermain, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
1	Armageddon!	comic story	11	script: Jim Steranko; pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Jim Steranko; letters: Sam Rosen	Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Gaffer, Karl von Horstbadden, Gabe Jones, Sidney "Gaff" Levine, Plan Chu, Prime Mover First, Clay Quartermain, Suwan Death, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Fritz Voltzmann
2	Come 'n Get It, Tiger — Here's Our New Year's Gift to You!!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
3	This Dream --- This Doom!	comic story	11	script: Denny O'Neil, Dan Adkins; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Sam Rosen	Ancient One, Victoria Bentley, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, Yandroth
4	More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: Marie Severin, Gene Colan; inks: Marie Severin, Frank Giacoia
5	-	statement of ownership	0.25	script: John F. Hayes
6	-	letters page	1	pencils: Dan Adkins, Jim Steranko; inks: Dan Adkins, Frank Giacoia; letters: Morrie Kuramoto

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Doctor Strange #1	1975	On eBay ›
Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD #2	1984	On eBay ›
Essential Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-0816-5	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 ISBN 0-7851-1737-7	2005	On eBay ›
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0747-9	2000	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-3503-6	2009	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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