Strange Tales #135 for Sale - First Appearance of Laura Brown - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue: #135
Publication date: August 1965
Key date: 1965-08-00
On-sale date: 1965-05-04
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 Laura Brown - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Nick Fury LMD - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Arnold Brown - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Imperial Hydra - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Anthony Baskerville - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Agent H - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	The Greatest Action-Thriller of All Time!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Nick Fury
1	The Man for the Job!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Agent H First, Arnold Brown First, Laura Brown First, Nick Fury LMD First, Imperial Hydra First
2	Eternity Beckons!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Baron Mordo, Clea, Doctor Strange, Dormammu, Stephen Strange, Anthony Baskerville First
3	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Sgt. Fury Annual #2	1966	On eBay ›
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #16	1970	On eBay ›
Son of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] ISBN 0671221663	1975	On eBay ›
Strange Tales #185	1976	On eBay ›
Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange #2	1984	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #23 ISBN 0-87135-915-4	1992	On eBay ›
Essential Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-0816-5	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-1180-8; 978-0-7851-1180-1	2003	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #134135 of 168#136 ›

Sources

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

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