Strange Tales #108

(May 1963)

The Painter of a Thousand Perils! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot), Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Terry Szenics

Job Number:

[X-145 ?]

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Painter [Wilhelm Van Vile] (introduction); "Scar" Tobin; Scar's Gang [Nick; Sam; Eddie]; Mister Fantastic (image); Invisible Girl (image); Thing (image); Wizard (flashback); Zemu (flashback)

Synopsis:

A counterfeiter caught by the Human Torch finds magic paints and uses them to escape from prison and strike back at the Torch. The Torch realizes what is happening and uses the magic paints to fool the Painter and defeat him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #4 ([June 1965])
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #10 (September 1967)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (27 Luglio 1971) [as "Il Pittore dei mille pericoli!", Italian translation]
• in The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (November 1975)
• in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Kirby draws one of the henchmen in the Iron Man story in this month's Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #41 (May 1963) with the same face as Scar Tobin.

The Heat's On (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-366

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler

Synopsis:

When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"]

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Artist credit from the entry for Journey Into Mystery #44.

The Silent Giant (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-146

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Ben

Synopsis:

An old hermit becomes enraged that the nearby redwood tree will outlive him, but when he dies the tree transforms its friend into an immortal redwood too.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #30 (April 1971)

The Iron Warrior (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Job Number:

X-147

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Merlin; King Arthur; Black Knight (animated suit of armor); Sir Mogard

Synopsis:

A knight of King Arthur's court resents the favor shown Merlin and so challenges him to a battle. Merlin's champion, a black knight, wins the competition. The envious knight still sneers at Merlin and claims he has no true magic powers, but Merlin makes a mystic pass and the empty suit of armor falls in pieces upon the ground.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #30 (April 1971)