#12,524: Strange Tales (1951) #141 [A Story]
"Operation: Brain Blast!"
Title: Strange Tales (v1)
Editor-in-Chief:
Stan Lee
Editor:
Stan Lee
Writer:
Stan Lee
Artist:
Jack Kirby
Inker:
Frank Giacoia
Letterer:
Sam Rosen
Cover Date: February 1966
Release Date: November 1965
Pages: 12
Cover Price: $0.12
Times Read: 1,761
Times Rated: 968
Universe:
Earth-616
Issue Blurb
Fury learns of a new menace set to take down SHIELD.
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MickTheNerd
Feb 11, 2026
WITNESS TRUE BELIEVERS-as the tail end of the previous Shield arc ends here nice and bittersweetly...but also WEIRDLY because they also start the NEXT arc right after, oddly written. Not badly written per se, just oddly written, it makes you wish they'd figure out to publish the books as solo books rather than two half-stories sooner if I'm honest. 4/5
callmehalalfood
Jan 20, 2026
This issue leaves me genuinely conflicted, functioning very clearly as a story split down the middle. The opening chapters finally deal with the aftermath of the long running Hydra arc, though not in a way that feels especially cathartic. The leaders ironic demise is a clever bit of writing, and...
bastos
Jun 25, 2019
KINDA TORN ON THE ISSUE
A few of the beginning sections are a little more than kooky. Not certain I liked how the defeat ended, but I DID like the inclusion of what happens AFTER an enemy is defeated. That was a little interesting. Seeing Nick let Agent G go was also interesting, but the Fixer...
RikerDonegal
Jun 27, 2018
An issue of two halves.
The first half wraps up the previous story arc. And there are two noteworthy moments. The leader of Hydra meets an ironic fate. Clever writing. And Nick Fury helps the man’s daughter escape.
After that, we jump right into a different story with a look at two villains.
Definitely keen to see what happens next.
8/10
The first half wraps up the previous story arc. And there are two noteworthy moments. The leader of Hydra meets an ironic fate. Clever writing. And Nick Fury helps the man’s daughter escape.
After that, we jump right into a different story with a look at two villains.
Definitely keen to see what happens next.
8/10












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