Marvel Comics · Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6 · November 1968 · 12¢ · 36 pages
Grade: VF 8.0
Cover by Jim Steranko.
Issue #6 falls squarely in Steranko's defining stretch on this series — the run that put him on the map as something genuinely different in mainstream comics. His work here pulls from Op Art, cinematic widescreen panel layouts, and a graphic design sensibility that had no real precedent at Marvel. Nick Fury navigating S.H.I.E.L.D. missions against HYDRA provided the chassis; Steranko used it to experiment with page architecture in ways that still get talked about in art school contexts today.
Specific story title, page count, and interior credits for this issue are not confirmed in our records. We won't reconstruct them. What we can say with confidence: Steranko's fingerprints are on this book, and that's the reason collectors want it.
The entire Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. series ran only 15 issues and Steranko's tenure covers a concentrated, high-impact window. Issue #6 is not a first appearance or origin issue — it's a piece of a sustained creative statement, and collectors who care about Silver Age graphic innovation treat the Steranko S.H.I.E.L.D. run as a unit worth completing.
Condition VF 8.0 — .
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Marvel Comics · Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6 · November 1968 · 12¢ · 36 pages
Grade: VF 8.0
Cover by Jim Steranko.
Issue #6 falls squarely in Steranko's defining stretch on this series — the run that put him on the map as something genuinely different in mainstream comics. His work here pulls from Op Art, cinematic widescreen panel layouts, and a graphic design sensibility that had no real precedent at Marvel. Nick Fury navigating S.H.I.E.L.D. missions against HYDRA provided the chassis; Steranko used it to experiment with page architecture in ways that still get talked about in art school contexts today.
Specific story title, page count, and interior credits for this issue are not confirmed in our records. We won't reconstruct them. What we can say with confidence: Steranko's fingerprints are on this book, and that's the reason collectors want it.
The entire Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. series ran only 15 issues and Steranko's tenure covers a concentrated, high-impact window. Issue #6 is not a first appearance or origin issue — it's a piece of a sustained creative statement, and collectors who care about Silver Age graphic innovation treat the Steranko S.H.I.E.L.D. run as a unit worth completing.
Condition VF 8.0 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
