| Issue | #116 |
| Published | January 1964 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Puppet Master [Philip Masters]; Alicia Masters |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg ? |
| Reprinted | in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]; in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Puppet Master [Philip Masters]; Alicia Masters |
| Synopsis | The Puppet Master manipulates the Thing into fighting the Human Torch, hoping to pick off the Fantastic Four one at a time. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Dick Ayers |
| Inks | George Roussos [as Geo. Bell] |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg ? |
| Letters | Ray Holloway |
| Notes | Puppet Master last appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (May 1963), he next appears in Fantastic Four #28 (July 1964). The story was "Based upon an idea by Tommy and Jimmy Goodkind, Hewlett Harbor, New York". |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #19 (March 1969); 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) #14 (October 5, 1971) [as "Nella stretta del Burattinaio", Italian translation] |
| Characters | Bill Barton; Mr. Sparks |
| Synopsis | A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #133 (April 1955) |
| Characters | Nightmare; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One [Yao] (cameo); Wong (unnamed); Dr. Warren |
| Synopsis | Nightmare has discovered the ability to capture humans and bring them to his world for study while they sleep. The police ask Strange's help, as a "last resort," to discover the cause behind a rash of people unable to awaken. Strange tracks the cause down to the Nightmare World, and has a rematch with his old foe. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Ditko (plot, un-credited); Stan Lee (script) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Nightmare last appears in issue #110 (July 1963). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6 (December 1966); in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #nn [1]; in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 (1992); in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) |
| Notes | Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #22 (January 1964). Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story. |
| Notes | Advertises Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #49 (January 1964). Printed after the Dr. Strange story. |