Strange Tales #122

(July 1964)

3 Against The Torch! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (co-plot, dialogue); Dick Ayers (co-plot)

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

George Roussos [as George Bell]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-703

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Terrible Trio [Handsome Harry Phillips; Yogi Dakor; Bull Brogin]; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)

Synopsis:

In flashback we see the how Dr. Doom used "The Terrible Trio" to trap the Fantastic Four, then discarded his underlings by sending them into another dimension! With Doom gone, the three return to Earth, where they're foolish enough to try taking on The Torch again, figuring 3 against 1 would be no contest. WRONG! After, Sue gives Johnny hell for how his "roughneck" friends must have messed up "her" house.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #24 (January 1970)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #23 (8 Febbraio 1972) [as "Tre contro la Torcia", Italian translation]
• in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Second appearance of "The Terrible Trio"; they last appear in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #23 (February 1964) and they next appear in issue #129 (February 1965). Handsome Harry resembles actor Tony Franciosa. Colors credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution.

The World Beyond (Table of Contents)

Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts! / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-696

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; Occult

Characters:

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nightmare; The Gulgol (illusion)

Synopsis:

Weary from his struggles against the forces of the supernatural, Strange falls asleep, carelessly forgetting to cast a protective spell over himself, and becomes a prisoner of the Nightmare World! Nightmare imprisons Strange, the only one who has ever defeated him, then says he's bored and looks forward to other victims. But Strange summons The Gulgol, a creature that never sleeps, and Nightmare begs Strange to stop it. He does so, without uttering a spell, for in reality, Strange hypnotized Nightmare into seeing the one thing he feared; it was never there in the first place. Freed, Strange wakes up.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #13 (February 1968)
which is reprinted
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #65 ([Janvier 1977])
• in Giant-Size Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (May 1975)
• 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 third appearance of Nightmare; he last appears in issue #116 (January 1964) and next appears in Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #170 (July 1968). Inks credited by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30 (Per Sandell ed.) Colors credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1963 series) #28 (July 1964). Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story.

Strange Mission (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[K-440]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith

Synopsis:

A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956) [page 1]

Indexer Notes

Printed after the Dr. Strange story. Continues in next issue.