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Issue: Strange Tales #103
Publication Date: December 1962
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Issues: #103 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/11/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in September 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US and standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In20
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Prisoner of the 5th Dimension!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front].25 page size; partially obscured
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Prisoner of the 5th Dimension! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Prisoner of the 5th Dimension!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu [later spelled "Xemu"] (introduction); Valeria (introduction); Phineas (introduction); Theos; George Bentley; Mr. Harris (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo)
Synopsis: The Human Torch discovers an impending invasion from the 5th Dimension, but he is captured by that dimension’s tyrannical ruler. The Torch is freed by the tyrant’s opponents and helps them his troops, freeing his subjects and saving Earth from invasion.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as Prisoner of the 5th Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as Part 2: Trapped in Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as Part 3: The End of Zemu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #6 published June 1971
as Prigioniero della 5° dimensione ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #3 published January 1975
as Prisoner of the 5th Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #3 published January 1975
as Part 2: Trapped in Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #3 published January 1975
as Part 3: The End of Zemu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Prisoner of the 5th Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Part 2: Trapped in Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Part 2: Trapped in Another World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Part 3: The End of Zemu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Part 3: The End of Zemu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-823
Disclose Notes: This story is divided into three parts: an untitled part one (5pp), Part 2—"Trapped in Another World!" (5pp) and Part 3—"The End of Zemu!" (3pp). Zemu next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #158 (May 1975) as "Xemu". Valeria and Phineas next appear in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #159 (June 1975).
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Lady Luck

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck
Synopsis: A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #136 published July 1955
was Lady Luck [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-377
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Little People!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Lemuel Gulliver; Emma Gulliver
Synopsis: An American expatriate stumbles across tiny people in Europe who seem to recognize him. He is captured and escapes, thinking the experience was a dream, but wondering about reincarnation.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPow! and Wham! #70 published May 1968
as The Little People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #245 published January 1988
as The Little People [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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Jasper's Jalopy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Jasper Jenks
Synopsis: A man is mocked for keeping his old car, but it saves his life by sacrificing itself to keep him from crossing an unsafe bridge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #122 published December 1975
as L'automobile di Jasper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAstounding Stories #130 published January 1978
as Jasper's Jalopy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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