(July 1963)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- 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 April 1963. 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 Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #2 (22 April 1967) ["Dr. Strange, Master of Black Magic"]
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (10 Agosto 1971)
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete
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]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 ([December] 1992)
- in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!
The Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) Ernie Hart [as H.E. Huntley] (script)
- Pencils:
- Dick Ayers
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy
- Job Number:
- X-218A
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Johnny practices on his obstacle course, then thinks back on his adventures with The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete. By a wild coincidence, Pete breaks The Wizard out of jail and the two join forces. They frame Johnny as a spy, but their partnership is strained by Wiz's megalomania. "I'm a partner, not a servant, you know!" says Pete.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #12 (January 1968)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (10 Agosto 1971)
- 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 Wizard last appears in issue #105 (February 1963), he next appears in a cameo in issue #112, before appearing in issue #118 (March 1964). Paste-Pot Pete last appears in issue #104 (January 1963), he next appears in a cameo in Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #6 (July 1964), before appearing in Strange Tales #124 (September 1964).
More humor than usual in this issue. First time these two villains teamed up in what would become pretty much a lifelong partnership! Colorist credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. (19/03/2010)
Silent Stranger
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-306
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Hank; Tom Carter; Mike
- Synopsis:
- A quiet new worker at the plant turns out to be a friendly alien who finds mechanical work easy to learn after walking through space.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
We Search the Stars!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Matt Fox
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-220
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Sir Edward Ramsay
- Synopsis:
- A space expedition discovers what they believe is a savage human-like species and flee, not suspecting that they are an advanced psychic race able to meet all their needs through thought.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (June 1967)
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. (19/03/2010)
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (script)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Terry Szenics
- Job Number:
- [X-221 ?]
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Occult
- Characters:
- Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] (introduction); Wong (introduction, unnamed); Ancient One [Yao] (introduction, called "the Master"); Nightmare (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Doctor Strange is called on by a man having bad dreams, and confronts Nightmare. The man’s dreams reveal that he is guilty of fraud and Strange makes him confess.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
- in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #1 (15 April 1967)
- in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
- in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #[nn] (1971)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #78/79 ([Mars 1978])
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #134 (December 1981)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 ([December] 1992)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (September 1997)
- in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #nn [1] (1978)
Indexer Notes
This is the first Doctor Strange story. It's clear there's a lot of history between Strange and Nightmare. Doctor Strange resembles Vincent Price, who played a magician in the Roger Corman-Edgar Allan Poe film, The Raven (1963). Colorist credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. (19/03/2010)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!
The Human Torch -
2.
Silent Stranger
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3.
We Search the Stars!
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4.
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic
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