| Issue | #120 |
| Published | May 1964 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Barracuda |
| 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) #2 (2009) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Doris Evans; Barracuda; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo); |
| Synopsis | Johnny's riled because a newspaper compares Iceman (of The X-Men) to him. On a cruise liner, Bobby tries to pick up Doris, until Johnny arrives. Before the potential rivalry goes too far, The Barracuda (a modern-day pirate) and his men arrive and take over the ship. Johnny & Bobby team up to stop them. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot, script); Jack Kirby (plot, un-credited) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | Barracuda next appears in Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #10 (February 1969). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #22 (September 1969); in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #21 [as "La Torcia Umana e l'Uomo Ghiaccio!", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters | Dr. Strange; Bill Brinkly (TV reporter); Allan Stevens (TV reporter) |
| Synopsis | Strange is on the scene to observe a TV crew as they prepare to enter & broadcast about a "Haunted House". Strange discovers something is amiss, as he is unable to enter via his spirit form. When the signal goes dead, Strange enters the house physically, and uncovers a surprising secret... the house is alive! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | The phrase, "The house is alive" is reportedly one of the things Roger Corman said in order to convince his bosses as AIP to allow him to film Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"(1961). The origin of the house is strikingly similar to the one in "The Outer Limits" episode, "The Guests". |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #11 (October 1967); in Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (January 1975); in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978) #nn [1]; in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979) #nn; 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) |
| Notes | Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (May 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #26 (May 1964). |
| Characters | Mr. Frankel; Mr. Karl; Red Mop |
| Synopsis | A dull salesman gets some zing from a famous clown's laughing powder, but learns that confidence is its own magic. |
| Genre | humor |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Continues in next issue. |
| Reprinted | from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #51 (September 1956) [page 1] |