Grade | VG 4.0 |
Year | 1969 |
Publisher | Marvel |
1" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. First appearance and death of Bull's-Eye in "The Assassination of Nick Fury!", script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue), Herb Trimpe (plot), and Dick Ayers (plot), pencils by Herb Trimpe and Dick Ayers, inks by Sam Grainger; HYDRA Number 72 hires the services of Bulls-eye, a paid assassin, to kill Nick Fury; Fury is concerned that 3 CIA operatives have been killed, and feels SHIELD could handle the investigation better than they could; Fury picks up Laura for a date, and as they drive, they're followed all over town by Bulls-eye; Number 72 plans to turn NYC into a "bloody battleground" within the hour following Fury's death; Fury & Laura attend a concert by Country Joe & The Fish in Central Park, when Bulls-eye strikes! Abruptly, Number 72 decides this would be the moment SHIELD would expect HYDRA to strike - and changes his plans!; Instead, SHIELD converges on Central Park, and corner Bulls-eye, who decides to shoot it out with them. Dugan shoots Bulls-eye dead, then ponders if there's any pieces of SHIELD left to pick up. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15.
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