Strange Tales
#101
(October 1962)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-07-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Starring: the Fabulous Human Torch!
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee (uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (uncredited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (uncredited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
- Letters
- Artie Simek (uncredited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Destroyer [Charles Stanton]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #17 (Diciembre 1963) -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (July 1966) [0.20 page] which is reprinted - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
-
in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
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in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #3 - Thor 1 (1962) ([September] 2023) -
in Fakkelen og Jernmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #1/1968 (1968) - in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([October] 2003) [black & white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006), #1 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2006)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
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![Cover Thumbnail for Strange Tales (1951 series) #101 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1432/w100/1432698.jpg?6308571534835293613)
The Human Torch
Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot, uncredited); Larry Lieber (script, uncredited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (uncredited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (uncredited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
- Letters
- Artie Simek (uncredited)
- Job Number
- V-846
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (origin) (also flashback); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm] (flashback, origin); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback, origin); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (origin) (also flashback)
Destroyer [Charles Stanton] (introduction, first appearance) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- In his home town of Glenville, Johnny Storm investigates sabotage at an amusement park. He finds that the sabotage was aimed at a structure that blocked messages to a Communist submarine. The messages were from the editor of the newspaper, a Communist spy.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (July 1966), #3 (July 1966)
- in Fakkelen og Jernmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #1/1968 (1968)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (1 Giugno 1971) - in The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (September 1974) [pp1–2, 4–13, as "Johnny Storm, the Human Torch"; minus 1 page, ], #1 (September 1974)
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986) which is reprinted
-
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #5 - in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([October] 2003) [black & white], #1 ([October] 2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
First Silver Age Human Torch solo story. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (7pp) and Part 2–"The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!" (6 pp). Contains diagram of Sue & Johnny's house & brief recap of the Fantastic Four's origin. Splash bills Johnny as "America's Favorite Superhero".
This spin-off series no doubt the result of publisher Martin Goodman feeling that "The Human Torch" has been good luck for him, dating all the way back to Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939). The plot about spies trying to scare townsfolk away from where a submarine is docking may have served as the inspiration for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon, "Return Of The Flying Dutchman".
Skrawkcab
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Tartaglione (illustration, uncredited)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (illustration, uncredited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-18
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Oston Trams; Mrs. Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross
- Synopsis
- An extraordiinary child excells at sports and school, but does it all backwards.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #58 (May 1957) which is reprinted
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #50 (August 1956) [as "The Strange One"]
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Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Impossible Spaceship!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (sourced) (plot); Larry Lieber (sourced) (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Inks
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
- Letters
- Terry Szenics (uncredited)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An empty spaceship arrives on Earth, confusing everyone. The ship lands and stays for a time before leaving, disappointed that the humans couldn’t realize that the ship itself was alive.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962).
The plot of this story is the same as the plot in Men's Adventures #21 (1953), Strange Worlds #1 (1958) and Tales of Suspense #11 (1960)
What Is X-35?
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as
Stan Lee [early- to mid-career]) (sourced) - Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
- Letters
- Artie Simek (uncredited)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Archie Craig
- Synopsis
- A criminal trying to escape is repeatedly confronted with the number X-35. He is run over and killed by a car bearing the license plate number X-35.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962).
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
Starring: the Fabulous Human Torch!
Human Torch -
1.
The Human Torch
Human Torch -
2.
Skrawkcab
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3.
The Impossible Spaceship!
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4.
What Is X-35?
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Robert K. S. Croy, Sr.
- Mark Gordon
- Ethan Hoddes
- Thomas Johnson
- Henry R. Kujawa
- R. S. Martin
- Lou Mazzella
- Darrel McCann
- Mark Q
- Tony R. Rose
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
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