Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-01-10
Editing: Stan Lee (editor)
This issue has 1 variant

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Indexer Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Second issue without text pages. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Torch Goes Wild!

Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited) (plot, script)
Dick Ayers (credited) (plot, un-credited)
Pencils:
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks:
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:X-605
Characters:
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Rabble Rouser [Vitold Niyazov, later called Weinberg]; Prince Nagamo; Doris Evans (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo)
Synopsis:
A demagogue drums up public opinion against the Torch, as part of a communist plot against an American ally. The Torch regains the public trust by stopping him and using his own mind control devices to turn him to the American side.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

The Rabble Rouser next appears, still rehabilitated, in Wolverine (Marvel, 2003 series) #26 (May 2005). It has been suggested in The Jack Kirby Collector that this story began as a sequel. The identical piece of equipment, a "Thru-The-Ground Tank," was used by The Hate Monger in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #21 (December 1963), by The Rabble Rouser in this story, and by The Fixer in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #142 (March 1966), suggesting HYDRA supplied all 3 of them with equipment!

Another Marvel Masterpiece

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Another Marvel Masterpiece

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Beyond the Purple Veil!

Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited)
Steve Ditko (credited) (co-plot)
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks:
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
  • Job Number:[X-606 ?]
Characters:
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wong; Aggamon (introduction)
Synopsis:
Doctor Strange must rescue two thieves who unwittingly steal a magic gem from him and are trapped in a mystical dimension as a result.
Reprints (19)

Indexer Notes

Aggamon next appears in Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual (Marvel, 1992 series) #2 (1992).

Another Marvel Masterpiece

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Two More Triumphs for Marvel!

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