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Issue: Strange Tales #116
Publication Date: January 1964
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Issues: #116 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/08/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in October 1963. 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 In21
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Human Torch Battles the Thing!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Puppet Master [Philip Masters]; Alicia Masters
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #116 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Human Torch Battles the Thing! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Human Torch in the Clutches of the Puppet Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Puppet Master [Philip Masters]; Alicia Masters
Synopsis: The Puppet Master manipulates the Thing into fighting the Human Torch, hoping to pick off the Fantastic Four one at a time.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagSpellbound #50 published January 1964
as In the Clutches of the Puppet Master! [Illustration on Cover, Front]Page 1, panel 1 used as cover
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #19 published March 1969
as The Human Torch In the Clutches of the Puppet Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #14 published October 1971
as Nella stretta del Burattinaio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as In the Clutches of the Puppet Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-515
Disclose Notes: Puppet Master last appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (May 1963), he next appears in Fantastic Four #28 (July 1964). The story was "Based upon an idea by Tommy and Jimmy Goodkind, Hewlett Harbor, New York".
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The Radio

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Bill Barton; Mr. Sparks
Synopsis: A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #133 published April 1955
was The Radio [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [F-946]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Return to the Nightmare World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: Occult
Character(s): Nightmare; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One [Yao] (cameo); Wong (unnamed); Dr. Warren
Synopsis: Nightmare has discovered the ability to capture humans and bring them to his world for study while they sleep. The police ask Strange's help, as a "last resort," to discover the cause behind a rash of people unable to awaken. Strange tracks the cause down to the Nightmare World, and has a rematch with his old foe.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #[1] published June 1978
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #6 published December 1966
as Return to the Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #5 published May 1967
as Return To The Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #78/79 published March 1978
as Retour au monde du Cauchemar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts #[nn] published January 1979
as Return to the Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as Return to the Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as Return to the Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as Return to the Nightmare World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: X-517
Disclose Notes: Nightmare last appears in issue #110 (July 1963).
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #22 (January 1964). Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story.
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #49 (January 1964). Printed after the Dr. Strange story.

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