Strange Tales #106

(March 1963)

The Threat of the Torrid Twosome (Table of Contents)

The Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Duffy

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante] (introduction); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Miracle Man [Joshua Ayers] (flashback); Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie] (flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback)

Synopsis:

The Acrobat tricks the Human Torch into helping him rob a bank before double crossing him. The Torch chases and captures the thief with the help of the Fantastic Four.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (May 1967)
• in Fakkelen og jernmannen (Se-Bladene, 1968 series) #3/1968 (1968)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #8 (13 Luglio 1971) [as "La minaccia del terribile duo", Italian translation]
• in The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (July 1975)
• 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

The Acrobat next appears in issue #114 (November 1963). This is the first appearance of Johnny's obstacle training course and the last story in which Johnny worries about having a "secret identity".

The Recipe (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-338

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Josie

Synopsis:

A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #150 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Man on the Scaffold! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Willie Wopper; Sam; Charlie

Synopsis:

A teller of tall tales becomes the butt of some ribbing when he tries to tell his fellow painters that he has acquired some magic paints. When the cable of the scaffold they are working on breaks, the advertising poster the men were painting in comes to life and lowers them to the ground. The amazed painters feel they owe their lives to the magic paint, but the painter is smug in the knowledge that the scaffold never really fell but his paint allowed him to hypnotize his coworkers into believing it did and that they were saved by the poster.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (September 1975)

The Mystery of the Purple Planet! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Job Number:

X-63

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bentley

Synopsis:

A space expedition is sent to a distant planet when it is suddenly covered with an artificial mist. The team finds gold and takes it, but are transformed into aliens like the inhabitants.

Indexer Notes

Script and letters credits by Barry Pearl.