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Strange Tales
#133 · 1968
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Marvel Comics · 1968 · CGC 9.0 · Universal Blue
Strange Tales #133 (Marvel Comics, 1968) — Ditko. CGC 9.0 Very Fine/Near Mint.
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Strange Tales #133, published by Marvel Comics in 1968 (Silver Age). Listing notes: Ditko.
Graded CGC 9.0 Very Fine/Near Mint. The book is sealed in its tamper-evident CGC holder.
This copy is encapsulated by CGC at 9.0 on a Universal Blue label. The holder is intact and has not been cracked, re-sealed or altered.
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Background on Strange Tales, the grade and what drives the price.
Characters
Doctor Strange first appeared in Strange Tales #110, cover-dated July 1963, in a five-page backup story by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The story also introduced Nightmare and the Ancient One. The feature grew into a full series within Strange Tales; the title was renamed Doctor Strange with issue #169 in June 1968.
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History
Atlas was the name Martin Goodman's comics line used through the 1950s, between Timely and Marvel, after the Atlas News Company that distributed it. It published dozens of genre anthologies — Journey into Unknown Worlds, Strange Tales, Journey into Mystery, Adventures into Terror, Menace, Uncanny Tales — with art by Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, Gene Colan, John Romita and Jack Kirby. Pre-Code Atlas horror is collected in its own right, and several Atlas anthologies later housed the Silver Age Marvel debuts.
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Characters
Nick Fury first appeared in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1, cover-dated May 1963, a Second World War combat series by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. His modern-day identity as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. began in Strange Tales #135 (August 1965), which is also the first appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra. Collectors treat both issues as Fury keys for different reasons.
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Key issues
Strange Tales #135 (August 1965), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, reintroduced Nick Fury as the modern-day director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and, in the same issue, introduced S.H.I.E.L.D. itself, the Helicarrier, the Life Model Decoy and Hydra. It is a Silver Age key whose importance grew with the organisation's central role in Marvel's films and television.
Updated Oct 10, 2026
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