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Issue: Strange Tales Annual #2
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/11/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in June 1963 (at the same time as issues cover-dated August and September 1963).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Amazing Spider-Man Face-to-Face With... The Human Torch

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Spider-Man
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagSpiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko #1 published December 2002
as The Amazing Spider-Man Face-To-Face With... The Human Torch [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Amazing Spider-Man Face-to-Face with... the Human Torch [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #1 published November 2003
as The Amazing Spider-Man Face-To-Face With... The Human Torch [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2007
as Strange Tales Annual #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad #[nn] published April 2014
as The Amazing Spider-Man Face-To-Face With... the Human Torch [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fox [Reynard Slinker] (introduction); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Deputy Police Inspector Rudd
Synopsis: An art thief frames Spider-Man and the Human Torch tries to hunt him down. Spider-Man convinces the Torch of his innocence, and the two track down the thief together.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Spider-Man #1 published July 1974
as On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko #1 published December 2002
as ¡La Deslumbrante Antorcha Humana Tras la Pista del Asombroso Spiderman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Human Torch, on the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #1 published November 2003
as ¡La Deslumbrante Antorcha Humana Tras la Pista del Asombroso Spiderman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2007
as On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad #[nn] published April 2014
as ¡Tras la Pista del Asombroso Spiderman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-356
Disclose Notes: Features Spider-Man's first rendezvous with the Torch on top of the Statue of Liberty, which was referenced many times since.
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Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) and Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series), including their logos.
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I Was the Invisible Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Adam Clayton (only appearance)
Synopsis: A scientist invents a device that allows him to run faster than light, becoming invisible. He uses this ability to anonymously show off, planning to soon reveal his discovery and become rich. However, traveling so fast ages him rapidly, so that after only a few weeks he is elderly and near death.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #67 published February 1959
was I Was the Invisible Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-97
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I Was Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rick Dugan
Synopsis: An interstellar detective takes a cargo pilot's place to find out how ships are being robbed without anyone remembering anything. On an unarmed planet, the natives try to take his cargo and hypnotize him with sound waves, it doesn't work because the detective is deaf.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #2 published February 1959
was I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-134
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I Am Robot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Thorne
Synopsis: A man creates a robot so advanced that it has the capacity to think and feel as a human. He entrusts his son to it, but when the robot is damaged while defending the child from alien abductors, the scientist's suspicious wife is convinced that it malfunctioned, and he abandons the project.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #1 published December 1958
was I Am Robot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-80
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
First Line: First, The Fantastic Four
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (July 1963). Promotional Blurbs: "First, the Fantastic Four! And NOW in the same inimitable style, by the same writer and artist...ANOTHER group of fabulous characters:" and "Battle action!! Fighting men!! As only the Marvel Comics Groups can present them!"
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Worlds within Worlds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #16 published February 1959
was Worlds within Worlds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-130
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I Was the Man Who Lived Twice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Gyor Kosice; Maria
Synopsis: A boy adopted by gypsies refuses to work hard and lives a wasted life. As he reaches middle age, he is given a second chance at life when he is shown a fountain of youth and returned to infancy, to be found and adopted by another gypsy couple.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #3 published April 1959
was I Was the Man Who Lived Twice! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-183
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I Fly to the Stars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Coventry; Sally Lang
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #3 published April 1959
was I Fly to the Stars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-194
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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Prison, 2000 A.D.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #16 published February 1959
was Prison 2000 A.D. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-115
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I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ogarth; Cnidos
Synopsis: The king of Atlantis is convinced that life still exists on the surface and leads an invasion fleet to make war on the world above. He finds that in the centuries since Atlantis sunk the pressures of the sea have made his people tiny as insects compared to surface humans, and they must return beneath the waves.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #2 published February 1959
was I Am the Scourge of Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-125
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Nightmare Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #16 published February 1959
was Nightmare Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-121
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On Sale Early in July!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (1963). Promotional blurbs: "72 Action-Packed Pages!", "Featuring: All-New! 'Sub-Mariner Finds His Lost Race!' A 37-pg. Saga" and "Crammed full of features, surprises and the world's most colorful super-villains!!"
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I Captured the Abominable Snowman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man lies, cheats and steals to find the abominable snowman, and eventually discovers a lama who knows the secret of the snowman and is forced to summon it. He discovers that the snowman was a greedy man like him, cursed to wear a bestial form until another took his place. He is horrified as the snowman becomes human and he is transformed into a monster.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Worlds #1 published December 1958
was I Captured the Abominable Snowman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-81
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Give Me Just One Evening and I'll Teach You to Hypnotize Easily!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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