Strange Tales 157
Nick Fury meets the leader of Hydra, Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker, face-to-face
Fury is captive and about to be executed but manages an escape
They engage in hand-to-hand combat but Fury is no match for Strucker’s Satan Claw
Fury’s fate is left in a cliffhanger
Dr. Strange and The Ancient One contend with the mystical beast Zom who was released to take down another mystical monster known as Umar
They battle him at Stonehenge
Zom’s weakness is his forelock which Strange needs to take off
The Ancient One warned Strange to await the coming of something or someone before he passed but never revealed the answer
The Ancient One had to be struck down in order to pass his powers onto Strange. He told Strange about the forelock but to beware afterwards
Zom and Strange hear a voice and Zom tells Strange before the voice is heard that it is the Living Tribunal
The Living Tribunal speaks and declares that Zom was to stay imprisoned within his amphora but because of his release and severance of the forelock, mystic evil has awakened
LT judges Strange for this and declares that Earth must be destroyed