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Issue: Strange Tales #118
Publication Date: March 1964
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Issues: #118 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: 12/09/1963
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 December 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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In18
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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The Return of the Wizard, Master of Evil!/The Possessed!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wizard [Bentley Wittman] (disguised as the Human Torch); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2009
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #118 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as untitled [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as The Possessed! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man Who Became the Torch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
Synopsis: The Wizard breaks jail, and begins pulling crimes using a new anti-gravity flying device he's invented. Via trickery and disguise, he captures Johnny, then Sue, and begins impersonating Johnny, while planning bigger and bolder crimes with which to use his anti-gravity device. With the help of Reed and Ben, Sue and Johnny escape, and Johnny goes after The Wizard, who attempts to escape by flying higher and higher with his anti-grav disc. But it malfunctions, and, unable to control it, he just keeps going higher and higher...
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2009
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #61 published January 1969
as The Man Who Became the Torch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #20 published May 1969
as The Man Who Became the Torch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #18 published November 1971
as Il ritorno del Mago! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Man Who Became the Torch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-593
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: promo for Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #53 (March 1964) includes cover repro. Printed between the pages of the Human Torch story.
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The Weatherman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Character(s): Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
Synopsis: In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #49 published August 1956
was The Weatherman [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-71
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Possessed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: Occult
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Herr Braun; Fraulein Lieber
Synopsis: Using his "Earthly Scanner," in which is a small replica of the planet, Strange senses evil somewhere in Bavaria. In a remote village, he finds the townspeople the victims of some strange form of possession, and believes a supernatural force is at work. But he soon discovers it's really the work of aliens from another dimension. He sends them packing, and seals off the dimensional doorway forever.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #[1] published June 1978
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #8 published April 1967
as The Possessed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #7 published May 1967
as The Possessed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and white
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #82/83 published July 1978
as "Possédés!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as The Possessed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as The Possessed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as The Possessed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as The Possessed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is the first appearance of The Orb Of Agamotto. The dimensional doorway which changes appearance to that of a large rock resembles the alien house in "The Outer Limits" episode, "The Guests."
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #51 (March 1964) includes cover repro. Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story.

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