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Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD Vol 1 3

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Quote1 I ain't no Sherlock Holmes, but I had it figured pretty close! Quote2
—Nick Fury

Appearing in "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!"

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Antagonists:

  • Nazis (Main story and flashback)
    • Mycroft (Miles von Croff) (First appearance; dies)
    • Numerous unnamed U-477 crewmen (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Sir Gavin Ravenlock (First appearance; dies)
  • "Hell Hound of Ravenlock" (First appearance; dies)

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  • U-477 (First appearance; destruction) (Only in flashback)

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Synopsis for "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!"

Nick Fury arrives at Castle Ravenlock, in Scotland, after receiving a cablegram from one of his former subordinates, Ken Astor, that served with him during World War II in the United States Army. At the castle he speaks with its owner's stepson Alistair Rampson who informs Colonel Fury that Ken Astor has been killed while he was employed as the local constable by the "Hell-Hound" that haunts the moors after dark.

The two men are soon joined by three psychic investigators: Mycroft, Countess Caution, and a young girl named Rachel. Rachel is especially sensitive to psychic phenomenon and other things unseen, as ironically, Rachel is blind. Rachel informs Fury of her condition after he saves her from a suit of armor almost falling on top of her. The incident is cut short however when Angus McGregor, the caretaker, enters from the hall and informs Alistair that the Lord of the Castle and his step-father, Gavin Ravenlock, hasn't yet returned home.

Alistair brushes off the Lord's absence and informs Angus that he was about to explain the curse of the grounds. Angus takes the lead of the tale and informs the group that a hundred years before he became caretaker the Lord of the Castle, Hugh Ravenlock, also called Black Hugh was killed. Hugh had sought his wife and his brother after the two fled from him him due to his "brutish ways". Hugh tracked him down with his hound and while the hound attacked Hugh's wife, Hugh was killed by his brother. It is said that Hugh Black now haunts the grounds with his hound in search for his brother to seek revenge.

After the tale the psychic investigators prepare and begin a seance to call forth the ghosts that haunt the castle. Rachel senses something when an apparition appears with a blade and attacks her. Fury jumps in and parries the very solid blade with one of his own that snaps. Fury grabs two dirks and is able to defeat the ghost who after striking with the daggers seems to fade away. After the ghost vanishes the group notices Rachel has disappeared and is spotted on the moors. Fury is gifted a gun by Mycroft and jumps through a nearby window to quickly make his was to the blind girl before she is about to be attacked by the "Hell-Hound". Fury attempts to shoot the hound but the bullets seemingly do nothing. Fury fights with the hound before the others regroup with him and the hound is absent. Fury injured but alive gets his wounds bandaged and soon after can hear the sound of Mycroft's calls who informs Countess Caution, Fury, and Rachel that he found Lord Gavin Ravenlock dead on the moors.

After the several surreal encounters, Fury determines that the haunting of Castle Ravenlock is a ruse and asks the others to take Gavin's body back to the castle while he looks around. Before doing so Fury asks Alistair about a towered structure on the grounds to which Alistair replies that it is called the "Tower of Terror" and that it use to be used to keep prisoners for interrogation purposes but now it is simply a crumbling monument and a deathtrap.

The group then parts but Rachel insists on going with Fury. Fury and Rachel make their way to the tower and Rachel guides Fury to multiple secret passages within that lead to an underground area within the tower. Fury enters the passage and asks Rachel to wait behind. While waiting Rachel is attacked by Mycroft who is after he attempts to enter the underground passage through the iron maiden. Fury had blocked the door from opening and instead of running and pushing it open he ran straight into its spikes and while doing so he called forth the hound which attempted to jump on Fury but Fury dodge out of the way which cause the hound to close shut the iron maiden fully, killing Mycroft.

Back at Castle Ravenlock Fury informs the others of what he had found in the underground area. In the hideout he learned through a record room that Mycroft was actually Miles von Croff, an escaped Nazi who had placed an underground submarine station at Ravenlock during World War II who partnered with the lord of the manor, Sir Gavin Ravenlock, before turning the "Hell-Hound" upon him too to throw off suspicions. The two worked together with Miles von Croff and his crew working as modern day pirates supplying Gavin treasures in exchange for a place of safety his identity of a psychic investigator was just a ruse to give Croff and excuse to travel without being questioned. Rachel as Croff's ward was completely oblivious to the shady side of Mycroft and she was to be his next victim to ensure she couldn't eventually find out his true identity.

Fury further explains that before he left he crossed the submarine's fuel lines and all the rumbling they're now feeling must mean it exploded and the "Tower of Terror" collapsed on them. In a strange twist of fate, young Rachel is told by Angus that it was his brother that left her to Mycroft before he died of sickness and that her mother had died during childbirth. Angus offers Rachel to stay with him at the Castle while Fury and the Countess leave together to swap some ghost stories of their own.

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Publisher Notes[]

  • This issue contains a letters page, "Don't Yield, Write S.H.I.E.L.D.!". Letters are published from: Tony Muscatello, Corbet Besco, Robert Rapp, and Michael B. Holt.

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