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Issue Details

Issue #131
Published April 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Mike Esposito credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list (December 2008); original indexer had Dick Ayers firmly.

Cover Details - "The Bouncing Ball of Doom!"

Characters Mad Thinker; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Dr. Strange
Genre Super-hero; Occult
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Bob Powell; Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange figure)
Inks Dick Ayers?; Mike Esposito?; Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange figure)
Colors Stan Goldberg
Notes Mike Esposito credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list (December 2008); original indexer had Dick Ayers firmly.
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) #2; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #32

12 page Human Torch and Thing story "The Bouncing Ball of Doom!"

Characters Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Mad Thinker; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Dr. Vega (engineer)
Synopsis The Mad Thinker's latest plot involves a flying, electronics-laden metal ball, which nearly manages to destroy a dam.
Genre Super-hero
Script Stan Lee (plot, dialogue); Bob Powell (plot)
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Dick Ayers
Colors Stan Goldberg
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (December 1971); in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #32

10 page Dr. Strange story "The Hunter and the Hunted!"

Characters Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu
Synopsis In the far East, Strange is on the run from Mordo and his minions, unaware that Mordo's increased power comes from Dormammu. As Mordo forcibly recruits more followers to search for Strange, the mage makes plans to hop a plane to NYC. The Wraiths discover him, and only by conning them into believeing he's vanished is he able to make his getaway.
Genre Occult
Script Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Colors Stan Goldberg
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Part 2 of 17.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #22 (August 1969); in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #183 (January 1976); in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #2; in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Doctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (March 1984); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 (1992); in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #82/83