(November 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 August 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) #4 (6 May 1967) ["The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo"]
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #17 (November 1968)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #13 (21 Settembre 1971)
- in Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #216 (December 1977) which is reprinted
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #74/75 ([Novembre 1977])
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003)
Captain America
The Human Torch / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Captain America [Carl Zante; also as The Acrobat]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5 (October 1966) [splash page]
- 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 Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 ([March] 2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
The Human Torch Meets...Captain America
The Human Torch / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (co-plot, dialogue); Jack Kirby (co-plot, uncredited)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- [X-449]
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante; disguised as Captain America]; Doris Evans; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- The Human Torch is upstaged by the return of Captain America, but the Torch realizes that it is his old enemy the Acrobat in disguise and defeats him.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #17 (November 1968)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #13 (21 Settembre 1971) [as "La Torcia Umana contro...Capitan America", Italian translation]
- in Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #216 (December 1977)
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 ([March] 2006)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 ([March] 2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006)
Indexer Notes
Acrobat last appears in issue #106 (March 1963). This story involving a Captain America imposter was a try-out to test the idea of reviving him. The real Cap would return only 4 months later in Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964).
Winner of the 1963 "Favorite Short Story" Alley Award.
The Bridge
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [J-707]
Content Information
- Genre:
- spy; occult
- Characters:
- Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks
- Synopsis:
- A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #42 (June 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo!
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Ditko (plot, uncredited); Stan Lee (script)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- George Roussos (uncredited)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-450
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Occult
- Characters:
- Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo, also as Sir Clive Bentley]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One [Yao]; Victoria Bentley (introduction, origin)
- Synopsis:
- Strange is lured into a trap in England by Baron Mordo, but defeats him with the help of a woman with latent magical talents.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5 (October 1966) which is reprinted
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #76/77 ([Janvier 1978])
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #136 (February 1982)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 ([December] 1992)
- 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 Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #nn [1]
Indexer Notes
Baron Mordo last appears in issue #111 (August 1963) and, not counting next issue's flashback, Mordo next appears in issue #117 (February 1964). Victoria Bentley next appears in issue #160 (September 1967). Inker is obviously George Roussos, though not credited on artwork. Stan Lee notes he was waiting for reader feedback after Strange's first appearances; this suggests Roussos may have inked this episode because of a very last-minute decision to begin running the series regularly.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Human Torch Meets...Captain America
The Human Torch -
2.
The Bridge
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3.
The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo!
Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic
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