Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $2,808.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 4.0 | $33.36 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 6.0 | $37.75 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 8.0 | $68.35 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 9.2 | $180.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 9.4 | $192.58 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 9.6 | $2,376.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| 9.8 | $2,160.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
| RAW | $10.76 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1968-03-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 251 graded copies for Strange Tales #166 (1968). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!
Battling Yandroth)'s creation Voltorg), Strange slowly begins to learn the machine's flaws. Meanwhile, Yandroth grabs Victoria and attempts to make an escape from his base, which is getting trashed in Strange's battle against Voltorg. Realizing Voltorg will strike at whatever it thinks its target it is, Doctor Strange uses a series of illusions and his levitating ability to trick the machine into smashing its own face with its electric-prods. Strange uses this as an opportunity to destroy the creature.
However, Doctor Strange is unable to stop Yandroth from escaping with Victoria through teleportation tubes. Following them, Strange finds himself transported to Stone Henge on Earth, there he is confronted by the spirit of the Ancient One.
| StoryTitle2 = If Death Be My Destiny! | Writer2_1 = Jim Steranko | Penciler2_1 = Jim Steranko | Inker2_1 = Joe Sinnott | Colorist2_1 = Jim Steranko | Letterer2_1 = Sam Rosen | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = thumb|[[Nicholas Fury (Earth-616)|Nick Fury_from_Strange_Tales_Vol_1_166_001.jpg)]] **Featured Characters:** * Colonel Nick Fury) **Supporting Characters:** * S.H.I.E.L.D.) ** Agent "Dum Dum" Dugan) ** Agent Sidney "Gaff" Levine) * FBI) ** Jimmy Woo)|Strange Tales Vol 1 163 * Suwan)|Strange Tales Vol 1 164 (Robot) **Antagonists:** * Yellow Claw (Fang Chu)) (Robot) **Other Characters:** * Samuel W Hill|Sam Hill * Daredevil (Matt Murdock)) * Bela Lugosi) * Burt Lancaster **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Robots **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** thumb1.5|[[Plan Chu's Subsurface Citadel|Yellow Claw's Subsurface Citadel]] * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Manhattan ******* Lower East Side ****** New York Harbor ******* Yellow Claw's Subsurface Citadel ****** Coney Island **Items:** * H.A.W.K. Harness * Vortex Beam * Pyro-Band * Spy Ray Lens * Panoramic Glasses * Matter-Warp Machine * Thermo-Frigid Intensi-Ray Machine * Nova Bullets **Vehicles:** * S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier * Sky Dragon
| Synopsis2 = thumb|[[James Woo (Earth-616)|Jimmy Woo tied to the Thermo-Frigid Intensi-Ray Machine.]] Using a H.A.W.K. Harness (High Altitude Wing Kits), Fury pursues the Claw's escaping airship, latching hold with magnets just as a skyscraper-sized whirlpool whisks into the air, leading the ship below the water. There, Fury discovers The Claw's secret hideout is in the middle of New York Harbor. High above, the Heli-Carrier's vortex beam holds The Sky Dragon stationary, as S.H.I.E.L.D. mops up The Claw's men. Fury uses a "Pyro-Band" to burn himself a doorway into The Claw's lair, then finds himself in a complex maze. He takes out a pair of heat-seeking missiles with an incendiary flare. Meanwhile, Jimmy Woo is ambushed by some of The Claw's men, then teleported to his lair, where against the protests of Suwan, the villain prepares to kill him using a "Thermo-Frigid Intensi-Ray Machine" in which he will be "polarized to death". But Fury arrives! As Suwan seeks to free Jimmy, Fury & The Claw struggle, and Suwan succeeds at the cost of her own life! In tears, Jimmy vows vengeance against both The Claw and Fury.
| Solicit = To thwart Dr. Strange's rescue of Victoria Bentley-Yandroth has unleashed his ultimate weapon-Voltorg! And apparently nothing can stop him...
| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * This issue contains a letters page, "Strange Mails". Letters are published from: Lee Roy Windsperger, Jack Hogston, Shirley Gorman, and Rickey Dunkum.
Creative credits
Writers: Jim Lawrence, Dan Adkins, Jim Steranko
Interior art: George Tuska, Jim Steranko
Color: N/A, Jim Steranko
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 21733
PANEL PROFITS: 2388895