Strange Tales
#127
(December 1964)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-09-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Biblioteca Marvel: Doctor Extraño (Panini España, 2023 series) #1 (marzo 2023) -
in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([October] 2003)
-
The Mystery Villain!
Doctor Strange; Human Torch; The Thing / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko (inset)
- Inks
- Chic Stone; Steve Ditko (inset)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mystery Villain; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Dr. Strange; Dormammu
- Reprints
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #53 - 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)
- in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
- in The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 - Master of the Mystic Arts (2018)
-
in Marvel Comics - La collection (Hachette, 2014 series) #216 - Marvel Masters : Steve Ditko (octobre 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Dr. Strange image taken from interior story.
The Mystery Villain!
Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (co-plot, dialogue); Dick Ayers (co-plot, uncredited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-809
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Wizard (flashback); Paste-Pot Pete (flashback); Sub-Mariner (flashback); Willie Lumpkin (mailman, cameo)
- Synopsis
- Following a race, Ben and Johnny complain to Reed that they've done pretty good and don't need a leader. Reed tells them they're free to work on their own. Ben and Johnny take part in a high-speed race, but discover on arrival that they're the only two contestants. On the salt flats they suddenly realize their cars are running out of control and it looks like they have been set up for a trap. They find themselves in an underground cavern facing an unknown villain with a question mark on his mask. Before it's over, they're ready to admit they're happy Reed is on their side.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #56 - in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #30 (March 1971)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #28 (18 Aprile 1972) - in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #154 (January 1975) [edited] which is reprinted
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in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #43 (Décembre 1974) -
in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #3/1978 ([mars] 1978) -
in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #3/1978 ([mars] 1978) [minus 1 page] - in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #63 (5 avril 1983)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #9 - The Crusader Syndrome (2023)
- 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 The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
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Indexer Notes
The "Mystery Villain" (or someone wearing the same costume) turns up in FANTASTIC FOUR #154 (January 1975).
[no title indexed]
Strange Mails / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Rick Paul, Clyde Smith, Kristin Barrett, Chris Clark, Rita Hoard; includes Special Announcements Section and The Mighty Marvel Check List.
Duel with the Dread Dormammu!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- X-813
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Strange; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); The Mindless Ones; The Ancient One
- Synopsis
- The mysterious girl appears and takes Strange to The Mindless Ones, destructive creatures who are held back from killing by Dormammu's willpower. Dormammu imprisons the girl for betraying him and the battle begins. With Dormammu concentrating on defeating his foe the barrier holding The Mindless Ones collapses; he is forced to join forces with Strange to stop them. Now indebted to Strange Dormammu accepts his terms: no harm shall come to the girl and he must never set foot on Earth. Upon Dr. Strange's return to earth The Ancient One rewards him with a new cloak of levitation and amulet.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #56
- in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #15 (22 July 1967) [Black and white.]
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #18 (December 1968)
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #25 (décembre 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]], #40 (avril 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (September 1974) [edited] which is reprinted
- in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) (1976)
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (June 1978)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #94/95 ([Juillet 1979])
- in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #172 (5 avril 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 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)
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in Marvel Série II (Levoir, 2012 series) #6 - Dr. Estranho: O Juramento - in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
- 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 Ditko Is... Strange King-Size (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The World Beyond (2021)
- in Marvel-Verse: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
- in Marvel Comics - La collection (Hachette, 2014 series) #216 - Marvel Masters : Steve Ditko (octobre 2022)
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in Indexer Notes
Episode #16. Part 2 of 2. First appearance of The Mindless Ones. First appearance of Strange's Cloak of Levitation. The origin of Strange's new amulet would be revealed in STRANGE TALES #138 (November 1965). Dormammu would find a way to strike back at Strange without breaking his vow in STRANGE TALES #130 (March 1965).
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Mystery Villain!
Doctor Strange; Human Torch; The Thing -
1.
The Mystery Villain!
Human Torch; The Thing -
2.
[no title indexed]
Strange Mails -
3.
Duel with the Dread Dormammu!
Doctor Strange -
4.
["It's Clobberin' Time!"]
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
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- Robert K. S. Croy, Sr.
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- Darrel McCann
- Mark Q
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- Richard Thomson
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