(September 1964)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume:
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Price:
0.12
Pages:
36
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format: 
Color; Standard format; saddle-stitched; Newsprint

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Paste-Pot-Pete
    Human Torch and Thing
  2. 2. The Lady From Nowhere!
    Dr. Strange
This issue was most recently indexed by:
  • Henry R. Kujawa
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Lou Mougin
  • Martin O'Hearn
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur
  • Henry R. Kujawa
  • Thomas G. Lammers
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Issue Notes

The Doctor Strange portion of the cover consists of two images taken from the interior story by Ditko and Roussos, per Rob Allen, via the GCD Errors list, August 2009.

Paste-Pot-Pete! (Table of Contents)

Human Torch and Thing; Dr. Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Dick Ayers (signed)(upper section); Steve Ditko (lower section)
Inks:
Dick Ayers (signed)(upper section); George Roussos (lower section)
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Super-hero; Occult
Characters:
Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete; Cleopatra; Dr. Strange
Reprinted:
  • in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]
  • in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]
  • in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2

Indexer Notes

[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes (see Issue Notes above). This may mean that one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]


Paste-Pot-Pete (Table of Contents)

Human Torch and Thing / story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee (co-plot, dialogue); Dick Ayers (co-plot)
Pencils:
Dick Ayers
Inks:
Paul Reinman
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Art Simek

Content Information

Genre:
Super-hero
Characters:
Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete; Doris Evans ("Dorrie")
Synopsis:
Trying to tell Johnny that Paste-Pot Pete was paroled (for helping The Avengers), Ben & Johnny get into a brawl. Tired of being thought of as a clown, Pete completely redesigns his costume, then takes on The Thing while he's flying his part of the Fantasti-Car. As he's about to go help Ben, Johnny's told by Doris that if he leaves in the middle of their date, he needn't bother returning. After a fierce battle, Ben & Johnny triumph, and after an "explanation," Doris forgives Johnny.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #26 (May 1970)
  • in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]
  • in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
  • in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #25

Indexer Notes

Thirrd appearance of Paste-Pot Pete; previous appearance in THE AVENGERS #6 (July 1964, where he was incorrectly drawn as The Wizard); next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #36 (March 1965). Stan announces that due to poular demand, Johnny and Ben will co-star in every issue from now on.


The Lady From Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

Dr. Strange / story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Pencils:
Steve Ditko
Inks:
George Roussos [as Geo. Bell]
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:
Occult
Characters:
Dr. Strange; Cleopatra; The Ancient One; Mark Antony; Zota
Synopsis:
Sensing sorcery, Strange finds a woman wandering the streets under a spell. After guiding her to his house, he consults his mentor. Strange travels into the past, though he's warned that if the candle employed in the spell goes out, he will be trapped there forever. In Ancient Egypt, he battles a wizard, Zota, then removes his power. While returning to the present, the candle flickers out! But Strange is able to use the light from his amulet to guide his way, just barely making it back. Strange reveals the woman is Cleopatra, sent to the future when she scorned Zota. He sends her back to her waiting Mark Antony.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #15 (June 1968)
  • in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #182 (November 1975)
  • in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #nn [1]
  • in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 (1992)
  • in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

Episode #13. Zota's "impulse transmitter" (magic mirror), thru which Strange arrives and leaves in Ancient Egypt, is strikingly similar to one used in the DOCTOR WHO story, "The Pyramids Of Mars" (1975).


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