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Issue: Strange Tales #104
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #104 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: 10/09/1962
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 October 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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In15
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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Paste-Pot Pete

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #6 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]0.20 page
In Content Item: FlagFakkelen og Jernmannen #2/1968 published January 1968
as Fakkelen møter Limpotte-Pete og Trollmannen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Paste-Pot Pete [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Paste-Pot Pete!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski] (introduction)
Synopsis: Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #6 published January 1967
as The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFakkelen og Jernmannen #2/1968 published January 1968
as Fakkelen møter Limpotte-Pete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #6 published June 1971
as La Torcia Umana incontra Pete, l'uomo di Colla ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #4 published March 1975
as The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-977
Disclose Notes: Paste-Pot Pete next appears in issue #110 (July 1963). Pete became The Trapster in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #38 (May 1965). This is the first time a villain in this series escaped at the end. A genuine animosity seems to have developed very quickly, perhaps as a result of such a "ridiculous" looking baddie almost killing Johnny during their fight. Don Simpson paid tribute to Pete (and Spider-Man) with his character "The Slick" in Bizarre Heroes.
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Venus!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Monangahela Munroe
Synopsis: The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #75 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1961
was Venus! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 8745
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Markham's Magic Crayon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Harry Markham
Synopsis: A greedy factory owner fires a worker who claims to have made a magic crayon. He finds that the crayon really is magic, giving him the ability to draw fabulously, but never allowing him to stop.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-978 ?]
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The Frog-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): King Zakkim; Ozaan; John; Nancy
Synopsis: An evil king is turned into a frog by a sorcerer. He hibernates for centuries hoping that the future will hold a cure, but Halloween costumes make him think that humans are now giant frogs and he goes to sleep forever.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #121 published November 1975as "L'Uomo Rana", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #10 [unnamed variant] published July 1971
as The Frog-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #81 published ?
as The Frog-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-979

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