Strange Tales
#109
[British]
(June 1963)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- 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
A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, changes include; no cover month, replaced price tag, and distribution data added to indicia.
This issue is a variant of Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #109.
This issue is a variant of Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #109.
Imps from Pandora's Box!
Human Torch / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Sorcerer [Dorian Murdstone]
- Reprints
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #33 -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 (November 1967) [p. 11, panel 4 of Torch story] 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)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Third Edition] (2023)
-
in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #8 - Thor 2 (1963) ([November] 2023) -
in Carnival of Fear (Yaffa / Page, 1980 ? series) ([1980?]) - 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 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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The Sorcerer and Pandora's Box
Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Marty Epp (credited)
- Job Number
- [X-183 ?]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Sorcerer [Dorian Murdstone] (introduction); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Pandora (flashback); Circe (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Human Torch fights a sorcerer that unleashes the evils imprisoned in Pandora’s Box for his own profit.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 (November 1967)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (10 Agosto 1971) -
in Marvel Superheroes and the Occult Winter Special (Marvel UK, 1980 series) ([November] 1980) - 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 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
The Sorcerer and his mansion in the country appears to be a tribute to Dr. Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis) from the film Night of the Demon (1957). A woman who used "Pandora's Box" to commit crimes turned up in the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon, "Here Comes Trubble".
The Comic
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-214
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Stan Wepp
- Synopsis
- A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #45 (May 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Earth Is Off-Limits!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- X-185
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Space explorers discover life on a far off planet, but mission control panics at the thought of alien germs loose on Earth and so forbids them to return. The crew asks for chance to explain, but mission control breaks the communication as they cannot bear to listen to their pleas. What the space explorers were trying to say before their communication line was broken was that the life on the planet grants disease immunity and long life span.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #26 (1965 ?)
- in Pow! and Wham! (IPC, 1968 series) #69 (11 May 1968) [Retitled and re-edited into 2 pages.]
-
Indexer Notes
Letters credit by Barry Pearl.
Time Was...
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-184
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Eric Kane
- Synopsis
- A scientist builds a time machine and travels to prehistoric times. When he kills an attacking caveman he unknowingly kills his own human ancestor, meaning that he becomes a neanderthal.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inks and letters credits by Barry Pearl; originally listed Larry Lieber (inks).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Imps from Pandora's Box!
Human Torch -
1.
The Sorcerer and Pandora's Box
Human Torch -
2.
The Comic
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3.
Earth Is Off-Limits!
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4.
Time Was...
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- David Bruce
- Steve Coates
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