(February 1963)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in November 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #8 (13 Luglio 1971)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #123 (30 Dicembre 1975)
The Return of the Wizard!
The Human Torch / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967) which is reprinted
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006)
The Return of the Wizard!
The Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-8
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- In prison, The Wizard becomes a model prisoner—just so he can become a trustee, work in the hospital, have access to chemicals...and break jail! The police soon have him surrounded in his house, but can't get in because of its defenses. He challenges the Torch to a battle to decide who is the better man. Against Sue's advice Johnny accepts the challenge, and he does pretty well until Sue shows up to "help" him. Thanks to her, he's caught, and both are almost killed in a bomb blast. But Johnny manages to free them both, get rid of the bomb, and corral the "superior intellect".
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967)
- in Fakkelen og jernmannen (Se-Bladene, 1968 series) #2/1968 (1968)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #8 (13 Luglio 1971) [as "Il ritorno di Wizard!", Italian translation]
- in The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (May 1975) [pp1–11, p12, panels 1–4, 6, p13, panel 1, reformatted; minus 1 page]
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006)
Indexer Notes
This is the second appearance of The Wizard (who last appears in issue #102 (November 1962). This is the first time a "Human Torch" villain returned; Wizard would go on to a very long career, mostly with "The Frightful Four". He next appears in issue #110 (July 1963), where he teams with Paste-Pot Pete for the first time.
Discovery
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-479
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee
- Synopsis:
- A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Man Alone!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Fate; Robinson Crusoe
- Synopsis:
- A man has recurring dreams of solitary confinement and goes to sea to escape this fate. He is shipwrecked and left alone on a desert island, unaware that this is the solitude he was destined for.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #123 (30 Dicembre 1975) [as "Uomo solo", Italian translation]
Indexer Notes
Letters credit by Barry Pearl.
The Supernatural!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Synopsis:
- A house appears to be magically dismantled by wisps of smoke, but it is only a girl playing with her dollhouse while her father smokes.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Letters credit by Barry Pearl.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Return of the Wizard!
The Human Torch -
2.
Discovery
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3.
Man Alone!
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4.
The Supernatural!
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