(June 1965)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #24 (December 1969) -
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #34 (11 Luglio 1972) - in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #184 (March 1976)
- in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #[nn] (1979)
- in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (April 1984)
-
A Nameless Land, a Timeless Land!; The Terrible Toys!
Dr. Strange; Human Torch and the Thing / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult; superhero
- Characters:
- Dr. Strange; Shazana; Shazana's sister; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Ice Queen
- Reprints:
- 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) #2 [Regular Edition] ([March] 2009)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- 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
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1
The Terrible Toys!
Human Torch and Thing / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot, dialogue); Bob Powell (plot)
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito [as Mick Demeo]
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Ice Queen (robot); Puppet Master; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Doris Evans; Alicia Masters
- Synopsis:
- Deciding to switch his M.O., The Puppet Master builds robotic "statues" he can control, and undergoes plastic surgery so no one will recognize him. The masquerade is short-lived, as he lures Johnny & Ben into a trap in a department store.
- Reprints:
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #34 (11 Luglio 1972)
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (October 2003) [black & white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([March] 2009)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- 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) #34
Indexer Notes
Puppet Master's previous appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #28 (July 1964); next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3 (November 1965), with his original face incorrectly shown intact. Puppet Master's appearance would remain altered for several years, before he eventually restored his original face.
A Nameless Land, a Timeless Land!
Dr. Strange / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); Shazana; Shazana's sister (unnamed); The Ancient One; Hamir (unnamed)
- Synopsis:
- While Mordo gloats at his apparent triumph, Dormammu tells him that Strange still lives-- and has really escaped! Clea wishes she could warn Strange about Dormamu. Strange plummets thru dimension after dimension, finally coming to a stop in a world ruled by Shazana, a female tyrant who once conned a wizard into giving her some of his powers, which she repaid by destroying him. Believing her sister has recruited Strange to overthrow her, she battles Strange into submission. Allowing himself to be imprisoned so he can recover from his earlier battle with Mordo, Strange gets the lay of the land, then helps Shazana's sister overcome the evil ruler, destroying the source of her power even as he uses it to begin his journey back home.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #24 (December 1969)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #184 (March 1976)
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #70/71 ([Juillet 1977]) - in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #86/87 ([Octobre 1978])
- in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #[nn] (1979)
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (July 1979)
- in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (April 1984)
- 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)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #24 (December 1969)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #184 (March 1976)
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2
- in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn
- in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (April 1984)
- 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)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1
- in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #86/87
Indexer Notes
Part 4 of 17. The sisters in this story apparently served as the inspiration for Craig Russell's later Strange epic, a virtual remake of this story, which he did twice-- in DR. STRANGE ANNUAL #1 (December 1976), and DR. STRANGE: WHAT IS IT THAT DISTURBS YOU, STEVEN? (October 1997).
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
A Nameless Land, a Timeless Land!; The Terrible Toys!
Dr. Strange; Human Torch and the Thing -
1.
The Terrible Toys!
Human Torch and Thing -
2.
A Nameless Land, a Timeless Land!
Dr. Strange
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