- Script:
- Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-377
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete ("Master Criminal") (Intro)
- Synopsis:
- While waiting in line at the bank, Johnny observes a robbery pulled by Paste Pot Pete-- "Master Criminal", who, while called a "cornball" by one of the customers described his paste-gun as "the ultimate weapon". After trying to keep his identity a secret, Johnny pursues Pete to his next crime-- stealing a "Delta Cosmic Missile" from a neaby missile base! (Quite a leap in one day!) A running battle around the base results in Johnny being stuck to another missile and launched toward space! After escaping, Johnny tears after Pete "like a wrathful living inferno". Pete barely escapes, and manages to rendezvous with the captain of a small boat he paid to get him out of the country "in case something went wrong". With the money returned, Johnny wonders if Pete will show up again.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
1st appearance of Paste-Pot Pete. Next appearance in STRANGE TALES #110 (July 1963). Pete became The Trapster in FANTASTIC FOUR #38 (May 1965).