| 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. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Stan Lee (plot) Ernie Hart [as H.E. Huntley] (script) |
| Pencils |
Dick Ayers |
| Inks |
Dick Ayers |
| Letters |
John Duffy |
| 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! Colorist credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. (19/03/2010) |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #12 (January 1968); in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 |
| 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. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (script) |
| Pencils |
Steve Ditko |
| Inks |
Steve Ditko |
| Letters |
Terry Szenics |
| 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). Colorist credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. (19/03/2010) |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966); in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #nn (1974); in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #nn [1] (1978); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #134 (December 1981); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 (1992); in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005) |