Strange Tales #110

(July 1963)

The Human Torch vs. the Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete! (Table of Contents: 1)

Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Ernie Hart (credited as H. E. Huntley)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

John Duffy (credited)

Job Number

X-218A

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)

Synopsis

Johnny practices on his obstacle course, then thinks back on his adventures with The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete. By a wild coincidence, Pete breaks The Wizard out of jail and the two join forces. They frame Johnny as a spy, but their partnership is strained by Wiz's megalomania. "I'm a partner, not a servant, you know!" says Pete.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #45 (1964)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #12 (January 1968)
which is reprinted
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #119 ([circa 1971])
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #58 (Mars 1976)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (10 Agosto 1971)
• in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([October] 2003) [black & white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)
• in The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

The Wizard last appears in issue #105 (February 1963), he next appears in a cameo in issue #112, before appearing in issue #118 (March 1964). Paste-Pot Pete last appears in issue #104 (January 1963), he next appears in a cameo in Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #6 (July 1964), before appearing in Strange Tales #124 (September 1964).

More humor than usual in this issue. First time these two villains teamed up in what would become pretty much a lifelong partnership!

Silent Stranger (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-306

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Hank; Tom Carter; Mike

Synopsis

A quiet new worker at the plant turns out to be a friendly alien who finds mechanical work easy to learn after walking through space.

Reprints

• from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

We Search the Stars! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

Matt Fox (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-220

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sir Edward Ramsay

Synopsis

A space expedition discovers what they believe is a savage human-like species and flee, not suspecting that they are an advanced psychic race able to meet all their needs through thought.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #26 (1965 ?)
• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (June 1967)
which is reprinted
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #55 (janvier 1976)
• in Star Wars Weekly (Marvel UK, 1978 series) #111 (9 April 1980)

Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic! (Table of Contents: 4)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (script)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Terry Szenics (credited)

Job Number

[X-221 ?]

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] (introduction); Wong (introduction, unnamed); Ancient One [Yao] (introduction, called "the Master"); Nightmare (introduction)

Synopsis

Doctor Strange is called on by a man having bad dreams, and confronts Nightmare. The man’s dreams reveal that he is guilty of fraud and Strange makes him confess.

Reprints

• in Doktor Strange der Magier (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #4
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #26 (1965 ?)
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
• in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #2 (22 April 1967)
• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971)
• in The Avengers (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #2 (September 29, 1973)
• in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) (1974)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #78/79 ([Mars 1978])
• in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (June 1978)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #139 (5 juillet 1981)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #134 (December 1981)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 ([December] 1992) [Page 1 only.]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 ([December] 1992)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Jubiläum Comic (Panini Deutschland, 2000 series) #[2] - Strange Tales ([Oktober] 2000)
• in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: Strange Tales #110 (Marvel, 1995 series) (April 1995)
• in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (September 1997)
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]
• in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2002 series) (January 2002)
• in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #1 (décembre 2002)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003)
• in Strange Tales Vol. 1 Nos. 110, 111, 114 & 115 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2004 series) (November 2004)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #8 - Doctor Extraño: El Juramento (Noviembre 2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Marvel Série II (Levoir, 2012 series) #6 - Dr. Estranho: O Juramento
• in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
• in Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Doctor Strange: The Oath (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 ([December] 2016)
• in Doctor Strange: Lords of Fear (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 - Master of the Mystic Arts (2018)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Marvel Tales: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Ditko Is... Strange King-Size (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The World Beyond (2021)

Indexer Notes

This is the first Doctor Strange story. It's clear there's a lot of history between Strange and Nightmare. Doctor Strange resembles Vincent Price, who played a magician in the Roger Corman-Edgar Allan Poe film, The Raven (1963).