- Script
- Stan Lee (credited); Dick Ayers (credited) (co-plot, uncredited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-666
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Plantman [Sam Smithers]; Doris Evans; Mr. Evans (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- After improving his plant ray, The Plantman captures Johnny to get him out of the way while he pulls a robbery. After, Doris, worried about her father, begs Johnny to stop the villain. They have a duel at the Botanical Gardens...with predictable results.
- Reprints
Second appearance of Plantman; last appears in issue #113 (October 1963) and next appears in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966). Plantman redesigns his costume in this episode, going from "mystery man" to "super-villain" in style.
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited); Steve Ditko (co-plot, uncredited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-665
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]
- Synopsis
- A phone call lures Strange away in his ectoplasmic form, so Baron Mordo can steal his body. Knowing that if the two are not reunited in 24 hours Strange is doomed, Mordo places a spell over the body so Strange cannot return to it. Using his amulet to retrace Mordo's steps, he finds Mordo, and his own body, in a wax museum. Tricking Mordo into fighting him in his ectoplasmic form, Strange turns the tables by trapping Mordo outside his body, and with Mordo held thus, is able to return to his own. Mordo warns Strange his unwillingness to finish him will be his undoing.
- Reprints
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in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #64 ([circa 1967-1968]) -
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #12 (December 1967) -
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #21 (août 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975) which is reprinted-
in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (June 1978) -
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) -
in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 ([September] 2016) -
in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 - Master of the Mystic Arts (2018) -
in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #56
This is the fifth appearance of Baron Mordo; he last appears in issue #117 (February 1964) and next appears in issue #125 (October 1964). Doctor Strange guest-stars in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #27 (June 1964) shortly after this story.
- Letters
- typeset
Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #104–115): 189,160/321,212. Paid circulation/print run for issue #115: 190,820/317,493. This shares the page with the promo.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- [K-141]
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Frankel; Mr. Karl; Red Mop
- Synopsis
- A dull salesman gets some zing from a famous clown's laughing powder, but learns that confidence is its own magic.
- Reprints
Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed after the Dr. Strange story.