Monday, June 7, 2021

Strange Tales (1951) #156 (1st story)

Cover by Marie Severin

Cover Date: May 1967
On-Sale Date: February 1967

Synopsis: The X-Men are shown among the many heroes watching on as the Supreme Hydra announces that he has placed a Death Spore Bomb on the SHIELD Helicarrier, capable of killing billions.  It's fine, Nick Fury deals with it.

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES:

Page 7, panels 3 to 7

For the X-Men, this can take place in publishing order, between X-Men (1963) #31 and #32.  It can't happen after issue #32, because Professor X is there.  It also can't happen before issue #27, because the X-Men are in their redesigned costumes.

The other groupings are interesting. Spider-Man and Daredevil don't often hang out with Thor, and the Hulk isn't particularly chummy with the Avengers at this time.  Those two panels in particular should be taken as representative montages rather than literal scenes of the characters standing side-by-side.  Regardless, it's irrelevant to X-Men continuity.

COUNTING THE DAYS:

For the X-Men, this happens in a single day, probably somewhere between X-Men (1963) #31 and #32.

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