Strange Tales #167 (SHIELD) - April 1968

“Armageddon!”

As SHIELD agents breach into Yellow Claw’s base, a huge battle finds place. Taking advantage from the brawl, the Yellow Claw manages to escape into another dimension thanks to a super-powered vest he wears. Fury follows him by putting on a spare vest, and both engage in a cosmic fight. Nick ultimately defeats Yellow Claw by tearing up his vest with the Satan Claw (how ironic).

But the end of the issue reveals that everything that happened, was actually the fantastic result of a chess game played between Doctor Doom and a self-constructed automate player, just as occasional droll sport..

Strange Tales #166 (SHIELD) - March 1968

“If Death Be My Destiny”

Nick Fury successfully manages to grab on the escaping Yellow Claw’s aircraft mid-air, just before it dives deep into the waters bellow, where Yellow Claw’s HQ is hidden. After Fury sneaks into the base, he’s confronted with tons of traps. In the meantime, James Woo gets captured by the Yellow Claw and bound to a freezing machine, which Nick Fury barley stops from being activated. While both fight together, Suwan frees Woo, but gets frozen to death, due the accidental activation of the freezing machine.

Strange Tales #165 (SHIELD) - February 1968

“Behold the Savage Sky!”

Upon command of SHIELD agent Dum Dum Dugan, the airborne assault force attacks Yellow Claw’s hovering base, freeing Nick Fury. The Yellow Claw is forced to put his robot replicas into action as diversion and successfully escapes, knocking out Nick Fury first.

Strange Tales #164 (SHIELD) - January 1968

“When Comes... Black Noon!”

Instead of disappearing into nothingness, Nick Fury gets teleported throu inter-dimensional space, by Suwan, which teleports him then back to SHIELDs HQ. There he learns about a meeting between an enemy agent and Yellow Claw, so he sneaks into the agent’s car and reaches Yellow Claws hovering base, where he gets captured and threatened to be destroyed along the entire isle of Manhattan.

Strange Tales #163 (SHIELD) - December 1967

“And the Dragon Cried... Death!”

Nick Fury manages to escape the octopus and the enemies base, turning back to HQ, where he learns from Yellow Claws niece, Suwan, that he’s trying to seize A.I.M.s Ultimate Annihilator. Nick Fury, flanked by Clay Quartermain recovers a dragon figurine from A.I.M., which contains informations about the super-weapon. Unfortunately, the Yellow Claw steals the figurine from SHIELD and recovers the Ultimate Annihilator, which he fires against Fury, making him disappear.

Strange Tales #162 (SHIELD) - November 1967

“So Evil, The Night!”

Nick Fury introduces SHIELDs new ESP chamber, where James Woo gets connected to learn the exact location of the Yellow Claw. Once Fury reaches Chinatown, he gets ambushed by Yellow Claws goons, but defeats them and after stealing a uniform, he disguises like one of them. Unfortunately, Yellow Claws mans see through Fury’s plan, and activate a hidden floor trap, which makes him fall into the water, where a giant octopus awaits..

Strange Tales #161 (SHIELD) - October 1967

“Project: Blackout, Part II: The Second Doom!”

Nick Fury falls off the top of the Statue of Liberty and save himself by holding on the crown and swinging back into the statue, where he attempts to destroy the invaders army mega-weapon. He fails and gets captured, handcuffed and thrown again off the statue. Captain America pulls him out the water before he drowns, and both go back into the state, equipped with a weapon build by Reed Richards, which overcharges the invaders and destroys them, causing a massive blackout. Once Fury ends his story, Woo informs them that only one person could be responsible: The Yellow Claw..

Strange Tales #160 (SHIELD) - September 1967

“Project: Blackout, Part I”

Captain American introduces Nick Fury to Jimmy Woo, who might know something about Project Blackout. Nick Fury tells how he learned about a pending alien invasion that began inside the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island. He dressed up like one of the invaders soldiers and fights them from the inside of the statue, as soon as he heard their plans about conquering the world. While fighting the intruders, he suddenly fell off the ledge of the statues torch.

Strange Tales #159 (SHIELD) - August 1967

“Spy School”

Nick Fury and his agents are back from the rescue mission on Hydra Island, where the daughter of the first Hydra leaded, namely Laura Brown gets saved and Hydra destroyed. Once they reach SHIELD HQ, Nick offers Laura to become a SHIELD agent, which she temporarily refuses.
Afterwards, Nick Fury has to give a friendly fighting demonstration for some new aspiring agents (among them is Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) against Captain America, just for show.

Fantastic Four #67 - October 1967

“When Opens The Cocoon!”

The mysterious creation immobilizes the scientist who went along with Alicia, while calls her forth, sensing her kindness. Once she reaches the voice, Alicia realizes that the creature is in a huge cocoon, which is about to open. Meanwhile, Reed creates an exact copy of the same gizmo which enabled the scientist to abduct Alicia, and with the help of the Human Torch and the Thing, they reach the scientists lab, putting up a huge fight against them.
In the meantime, the creature inside the cocoon loses grip over the immobilized scientist, which reaches Alicia and tries to shoot the cocoon before it opens. Sensing the imminent danger, the cocoon bursts an energy blast on the scientist, which breaks finally the shell, killing the scientist, but sparing Alicia. The FF reach Alicia and rescue her right before the emerged super-human destroys the whole lab with all the evil scientists within.

Fantastic Four #66 - September 1967

“What Lurks Behind the Beehive?”

Alicia gets abducted from her apartment by some scientists who call themselves the Enclave. They created a super-human which radiates blinding power, so they need her to make a sculpture of him, in order to contemplate their creation. Aided from one of the Enclaves scientists, Alicia enters the chamber where this creation is locked up. In the meanwhile the Fantastic Four learn who abducted Alicia, with the help of Reeds heat-image tracker and try to reproduce the same device which enabled the scientist to teleport into Alicia’s apartment and kidnap her.

Fantastic Four #65 - August 1967

“— From Beyond This Planet Earth!”

The Supreme Intelligence of the majestic alien race of the Kree reaches the Fantastic Four through their dreams, warning them on a upcoming sentence for having destroyed the Sentry and their base on earth. Once Ronan, the Accuser reaches earth, he creates an impenetrable cone, where he teleports the Fantastic Four to trial them. After the confrontation and the following sentence, the FF fight the powerful Ronan, until the Thing manages to hit him from behind, causing Ronan to topple on his own weapon, which causes both Ronan and his cone to disappear.

Fantastic Four Annual #5 - November 1967

“Divide — And Conquer!”

The Psycho Man breaks into Alicia’s apartment to steal a missing component to build a giant-sized psycho ray, which was delivered to her for some reason. After recovering the item, he heads back to his hidden base on a distant island, which just got bought by the Black Panther, and just got selected as new home by the Inhumans. Black Bolt senses danger on the island, and with Black Panther, Karnak and Medusa’s help, they spot the hidden base and break in.
Psycho Man sends his goons to stall the intruders, while he finishes the giant psycho ray gizmo. In the meanwhile, the Thing reports the attack on Alicia’s apartment and calls for action, learning that Sue is pregnant (!) and for this reason both Reed and Sue are gonna stay in the Baxter building, while Torch, the Thing, and Triton get teleported right in Psycho Mans base by Lockjaw’s powers. Psycho Man activates his ray which affects all heroes by causing fearsome hallucinations. After a while, Gorgon reaches the base coming to rescue his fellow Inhumans by stomping on the ground and dissolving the hallucinations.
The freed superheroes clear the base and defeat the Psycho Man.

“The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer!”

The Silver Surfer senses a cry for help from Quasimodo, the sentient super computer created by the Mad Thinkerer (back in FF Annual #4) and left alone in the abandoned lab. Moved by pity, the mighty Silver Surfer re-creates thanks to his cosmic energy Quasimodo’s body, which goes on a rampage as soon as he realizes how powerful he is. The Silver Surfer puts a quick end to him, by destroying his body with the very same energy which created it, erasing Quasimodo.

Avengers #44 - September 1967

“The Valiant Also Die”

The Avengers reach the enemy base, to rescue Hawkeye, Hercules and Black Widow from the commies. Once they land, they get engaged by the red militia with all they got. Captain America sneaks deep in the base, and gets captured by the reds and led to the Red Guardian, where both fight until one of the red leaders knocks out Captain America with a cheap trick, depriving the Red Guardian from fair victory. The Black Widows tricks the leaders to believe that she still is loyal to the reds, and once she gets a chance, attempts to destroy the Psychotron. While she tries, a bullet almost reaches her, hitting the Red Guardian instead, in order to protect her. The Black Widow ultimately succeeds in destroying the Psychotron, causing a massive explosion. The Avengers, with the Black Widow and Hercules escape safely by plane, reaching an hospital where the injured Widow recovers.

Avengers #43 - August 1967

“Color Him... the Red Guardian”

Hawkeye and Hercules are the first ones to find out where the Black Widow is held hostage by some commies somewhere in Asia. As they reach the enemies base, they get attacked by the Red Guardian, which represents Captain America’s red counterpart. He tricks Hercules in a chamber where he gets exposed by the Psychotron, which makes him relive the epic battle against the many-headed Hydra. Without Hercules help, Hawkeye gets easily knocked out by the Red Guardian and imprisoned with the Black Widow, where he reveals to be her husband. In the meanwhile, the Avengers prepare for a rescue mission.

Avengers #42 - July 1967

“The Plan — and the Power”

The Avengers learn the whereabouts of Diablo and the captive Goliath and the Wasp and reach the place by plane with Hercules support. Once there, Hercules goes after Dragon Man, while the Avengers storm Diablo’s fortress, where they find Goliath defending. Afraid that Diablo might injure the Wasp held hostage, Henry Pym pledged to help Diablo to create an army of Dragon Mens and repel any intruder. Once Goliath learns that Hercules is fighting Dragon Man, keeping the Wasp out of danger, he joins the Avengers again and fight Diablo altogether. In the brink of defeat, Diablo tries to pull a lever in order to destroy Hercules and the Wasp with an explosion, but gets stopped just in time by Captain America, which located the Avengers thanks to a homing beam.
Hercules defeats Dragon Man by throwing him in the lava, and the whole group with the rescued Wasp and the captured Diablo go back to the Avengers HQ, where they learn that the Black Widow is held captive by the commies.

Avengers #41 - June 1967

“Let Sleeping Dragons Lie”

The Black Widow reaches the Far East, acting as a double agent for SHIELD. The leaders show her the Psychotron, the ultimative secret weapon, which they use against her, knowing she was sent by SHIELD, trapping her in a living nightmare.
Henry Pym gets his hands on Dragon Man, the powerful android (which threatened the FF a couple of times) to study him. But Diablo, the alchemist which gave life to the Dragon Man in the first time (an then defeated by the FF) lures Henry and Jane from their lab and gains back control over Dragon Man. Once Henry and Jane reach their lab again as Goliath and the Wasp, they get engaged by Diablo and the Dragon Man, which prove to be too much of a challenge and knock both out. Not even the re-enforcements provided by Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver can stop them, allowing Diablo and the Dragon Man to escape with the still unconscious Goliath and Wasp.

Fantastic Four #64 - July 1967

“The Sentry Sinister”

The Fantastic Four decide to take a little vacation on a randomly chosen island in the South Pacific. On the very same island, some explorers discover an ancient spaceship base, belonging to the Kree, an ancient alien race and awake  Sentry #459, protector of the base. After capturing the intruders, he protects the island with a vibro-screen barrier. The FF take off with their pogo plane, leaving Johnny behind, who prefers to stay in New York dating Crystal. Once they reach the island the plane loses control, but they manage to get through the barrier thanks to Sue’s forcefield, and get caught by the 15 feet tall Sentry.
The fight turns out to be too hard, so they contact Johnny which reaches them with Lockjaw’s teleporting skills. Battling the Sentry, the Human Torch accidentally hits the Kree’s main power supply beneath the island surface, causing a massive explosion which they barely escape thanks to Lockjaw’s teleporting abilities again. Sentry #459 stays on the exploding island, swallowed by the fire.

Daredevil #32 - September 1967

“... to Fight the Impossible Fight!”

The Cobra leads the helpless Daredevil in a car where Mister Hyde is waiting. Mister Hyde doesn’t wanna dispose of Daredevil to quickly, so he plans to reach he’s new secret lab, located on a lonely lighthouse offshore.
Once they get there, Cobra and Hyde start arguing together, leaving Daredevil enough time to reach the power generator switch and shut off the lights. In complete darkness, the powerless Daredevil still has the upper hand in the fight against both and is able to retrieve the antidote from Mister Hyde. Daredevil recovers his power senses and beats both for good in a one-sided fight. While Hyde manages to escape by his motor boat, the Cobra gets caught and turned over to the police. Win some, lose some.

Daredevil #31 - August 1967

“Blind man’s bluff”

Daredevil finds himself without his radar senses and not without some difficulties he manages to get to his own office where he knows to find Karen or Foggy. Still dressed as Daredevil, he pretends to be his fake twin brother Mike, explaining that he got blind just recently.
In the meantime, the Cobra and Mister Hyde are back terrorizing the city, until they threaten some bystander nearby Murdock’s office. Daredevil, still deprived from his super senses, goes into action. He reaches the top of the building and pulls some stunts, relying on his acrobatic skills only. In this way, the Cobra and Mister Hyde are convinced that Daredevil got he’s sight back, and frightened they escape successfully. Daredevil asks Foggy to walk him to Matt Murdock’s place, and while they’re chatting on the way, Foggy suddenly disappears, and in his place the Cobra shows up...

Daredevil #30 - July 1967

“If there should be a Thunder God”

The Cobra and Mister Hyde are back at large, robbing banks and terrorizing the city. As Matt Murdock learns about them, he decides to disguise Daredevil as Thor, hoping to lure both into the open and capture them.
While he looks for them disguised as Thor, the real God of Thunder engages the alleged fake one. After Daredevil loses he’s disguise revealing himself and explaining why he impersonated Thor, they engage in a brief battle to prove his wordiness to fight the villainous duo. Impressed by Daredevil’s speed, Thor takes of and leaves him alone, fighting the Cobra and Mister Hyde which were hiding at witnessed the whole scene. But Daredevil has the upper hand, so they fall back to Mister Hyde’s lab, where the man without fear follows. Once Daredevil breaks into the lab, he gets immobilized by the Cobra, while Mister Hyde pours a chemical mixture over his face, deadening all his senses and render Daredevil truly blind...

Daredevil #29 - June 1967

“Unmasked”

Matt Murdock heads to his office, after he decides that it is time to propose to Karen. In the meantime, a mob leader called the Boss takes over the Masked Marauders’ gang, which remained leaderless. As Murdock reaches his office where he’s sure to find Karen, he finds Foggy gagged and bound on the floor instead. Here he finds a note revealing the location where Karen is hidden. Once Daredevil reaches the mansion, he acts like a blind man and gets caught and unmasked by the Boss. Since behind the mask is ‘just’ Matt Murdock the blind lawyer, he gets bound and locked up. While the gangsters wait for the real Daredevil, Matt puts back he’s mask after freeing himself and takes them by surprise, going for an easy win. Realizing that marrying Karen would put her in daily danger, Matt decides not to propose after all.

Daredevil #28 - May 1967

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s planet”

Matt Murdock has to do a lecture about flying saucers, and the relation between aliens and law issues. The lecture gets interrupted by gunshots, fired by the fanatical Professor Brewster, who claims to have seen an alien.
Daredevil steps in and checks out the location where the shots had been fired, where he gets frozen and abducted by the aliens. On their ship, they explain their plan (temporary blind the whole world while they strip earths minerals), offering Daredevil to join them. As Daredevil refuses, a battle finds place on the spaceship, until Daredevil tricks them into freezing their own sight-stealing ray gizmo, forcing them to retreat.

Tales to Astonish #93 (Hulk) - July 1967

“He Who Strikes The Silver Surfer”

The fight between the Silver Surfer and the Hulk is easily won by the Surfer, which flies away. In the meanwhile the army caught up with the Hulk, and encircle him. The Silver Surfer, as he glances back at the Hulk, heads back to aid him by picking him up and both fly to a secure zone into the woods.
As soon as the Silver Surfer lands, the Hulk tries to seize the Silver Surfers board, resulting in a second fight between them.
The Silver Surfer wins a second time, and disappointed in the human race and by Hulks behavior, flies finally away, leaving the Hulk back.

Tales to Astonish #92 (Hulk) - June 1967

“Turning Point”

The whole world is on a manhunt, looking for Bruce Banner or the Hulk, after he was last seen fighting against Abomination. Bruce is hiding in a hotel room, trying to remove the Hulk from within, by bathing himself in more gamma rays. The resulting failure enrages Dr. Banner until he becomes the Hulk again, who escapes out in the streets. While he seeks some place as shelter, wishing to reach the skies above, he encounters the Silver Surfer, engaging him to fight.

Tales to Astonish #93 (Sub-Mariner) - July 1967

“The Monarch and the Monster!”

The torpedo fired by the U-Boat misses and causes a rockslide which hits IT while Namor escapes safely. The Sub-Mariner heads back to the U-Boat, hitting it with a mighty blow, until IT comes back for round two. Namor manages to trick IT into hitting the U-Boat’s hull, where he finally gets stuck and helpless.
Namor heads back to Atlantis, weakened by the radiations from the monster, he makes it barely to the Medi-Chamber where he finally recovers. Still believing IT was send by the humans to destroy Atlantis, the enraged Sub-Mariner calls upon his War Council.

Tales to Astonish #92 (Sub-Mariner) - June 1967

“IT Walks Like A Man”

Trying to dispose of radioactive waste thrown away from a U-Boat, Sub-Mariner breaks the barrel unleashing IT, which goes on a rampage. Thinking IT was send by the humans to destroy Atlantis he attacks him. Meanwhile, the humans on the U-Boat fire a torpedo on both, thinking IT and Sub-Mariner are in the same league.