Strange Tales #117

(February 1964)

The Return of the Eel! (Table of Contents)

The Human Torch / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (co-plot, script); Dick Ayers (co-plot, un-credited)

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-546

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)

Synopsis:

Having served his time, The Eel is released from jail, but Johnny's suspicious because he left prison wearing his Eel costume. Taking a security guard job at an aquarium, The Eel begins pulling crimes, but eventually, Johnny tracks him down and defeats him again.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #70 (?)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #17 (16 Novembre 1971) [as "Il ritorno dell'Anguilla", Italian translation]
• 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

Second appearance of The Eel; previous appearance in issue #112 (September 1963); Eel has a 2-panel cameo in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (1965), then returns in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966). Story not reprinted in Marvel Tales run. Colors credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution.

From Outer Space (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

9498

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Jonathan Ditmar

Synopsis:

When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955)
which is reprinted
• from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #3 (March 1952) [as "From Outer Space"]

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964). Printed between the pages of the Human Torch story.

The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! (Table of Contents)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Ditko (plot, un-credited); Stan Lee (script)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-557

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; Occult

Characters:

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]; Ancient One [Yao]

Synopsis:

Mordo places a spell over Strange's house that causes it to vanish to another dimension. Strange manages to track Mordo down using his ethereal form, but it becomes trapped in Mordo's lair. Mordo goes to see The Ancient One, claiming he's changed his way, just so he can attack him unawares. But Strange had found a way to escape by going straight thru the center of the Earth itself, and warned his mentor in advance. Though defeated, both Strange and The Ancient One know Mordo is becoming more powerful all the time.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967)
• in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #6 (20 May 1967)
• in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #11 (October 1973)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #80/81 ([Mai 1978])
• 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

This is the fourt appearance of Baron Mordo; his last chronological appearance is in issue #114 (November 1963); he next appears in issue #121 (June 1964). Colors credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution.