Strange Tales
#133
(June 1965)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-03-11
- 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 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
A Nameless Land! A Timeless Time!; The Terrible Toys!
Doctor Strange; Human Torch; The Thing / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Strange; Shazana; Shazana's sister; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Ice Queen
- Reprints
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #66 -
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: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 ([September] 2005)
- 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 The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #3 - Doctor Strange: A Nameless Land, A Timeless Time (July 2014) which is reprinted -
in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #3 - Doctor Strange: Ein namenloses Land, eine zeitlose Zeit (September 2015) - 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 Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Eternity War (2022)
-
The Terrible Toys!
Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot, dialogue); Bob Powell (credited) (plot)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited as Mick Demeo)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Ice Queen (robot); Puppet Master; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Doris Evans; Alicia Masters
- Synopsis
- Deciding to switch his M.O., The Puppet Master builds robotic "statues" he can control, and undergoes plastic surgery so no one will recognize him. The masquerade is short-lived, as he lures Johnny & Ben into a trap in a department store.
- Reprints
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #34 (11 Luglio 1972) - 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Puppet Master's previous appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #28 (July 1964); next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3 (November 1965), with his original face incorrectly shown intact. Puppet Master's appearance would remain altered for several years, before he eventually restored his original face.
A Nameless Land, a Timeless Time!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (plot, uncredited); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); Shazana; Shazana's sister (unnamed); The Ancient One; Hamir (unnamed)
- Synopsis
- After escaping from Mordo, Strange plummets thru dimension after dimension, finally coming to a stop in a world ruled by Shazana, a female tyrant who once conned a wizard into giving her some of his powers, which she repaid by destroying him. Believing her sister has recruited Strange to overthrow her she battles Strange into submission. Allowing himself to be imprisoned so he can recover from his earlier battle with Mordo, Strange gets the lay of the land, then helps Shazana's sister overcome the evil ruler, destroying the source of her power even as he uses it to begin his journey back home.
- Reprints
- in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #21 (2 September 1967) [Black and white]
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #24 (December 1969)
-
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #34 (octobre 1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #184 (March 1976)
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #70/71 ([Juillet 1977]) - in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #86/87 ([octobre 1978]) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2 (July 1979)
- in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (1979)
- in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (April 1984)
- in Docteur Strange Classic (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #1 (July 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 Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([December] 2010)
- in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #3 - Doctor Strange: A Nameless Land, A Timeless Time (July 2014) which is reprinted
- in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #3 - Doctor Strange: Ein namenloses Land, eine zeitlose Zeit (September 2015)
-
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #73 - Доктор Стрэндж: Земля Без Имени, Время Без Времени - 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 Ditko Is... Strange King-Size (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Eternity War (2022)
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Indexer Notes
Part 4 of 17. The sisters in this story apparently served as the inspiration for Craig Russell's later Strange epic, a virtual remake of this story, which he did twice-- in DR. STRANGE ANNUAL #1 (December 1976), and DR. STRANGE: WHAT IS IT THAT DISTURBS YOU, STEVEN? (October 1997).
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Strange Mails / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Never mind how much you liked the stories!
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Dale Palof; Frank Mastropolo; Joe Hartlaub; and Willie Woodruff, as well as The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Nameless Land! A Timeless Time!; The Terrible Toys!
Doctor Strange; Human Torch; The Thing -
1.
The Terrible Toys!
Human Torch; The Thing -
2.
A Nameless Land, a Timeless Time!
Doctor Strange -
3.
["Never mind how much you liked the stories!"]
Strange Mails
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