| Issue | #105 |
| Published | February 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in November 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo) |
| Synopsis | In prison, The Wizard becomes a model prisoner—just so he can become a trustee, work in the hospital, have access to chemicals...and break jail! The police soon have him surrounded in his house, but can't get in because of its defenses. He challenges the Torch to a battle to decide who is the better man. Against Sue's advice Johnny accepts the challenge, and he does pretty well until Sue shows up to "help" him. Thanks to her, he's caught, and both are almost killed in a bomb blast. But Johnny manages to free them both, get rid of the bomb, and corral the "superior intellect". |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | This is the second appearance of The Wizard (who last appears in issue #102 (November 1962). This is the first time a "Human Torch" villain returned; Wizard would go on to a very long career, mostly with "The Frightful Four". He next appears in issue #110 (July 1963), where he teams with Paste-Pot Pete for the first time. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967); in Human Torch, The (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (May 1975) [pp1–11, p12, panels 1–4, 6, p13, panel 1, reformatted]; 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) #8 (July 13, 1971) [as "Il ritorno di Wizard!", Italian translation] |
| Characters | Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee |
| Synopsis | A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956) |
| Characters | Fate; Robinson Crusoe |
| Synopsis | A man has recurring dreams of solitary confinement and goes to sea to escape this fate. He is shipwrecked and left alone on a desert island, unaware that this is the solitude he was destined for. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Ray Holloway |
| Notes | Letters credit by Barry Pearl. |
| Reprinted | in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #123 (December 30, 1975) [as "Uomo solo", Italian translation] |
| Synopsis | A house appears to be magically dismantled by wisps of smoke, but it is only a girl playing with her dollhouse while her father smokes. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Letters credit by Barry Pearl. |