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Issue: Strange Tales #123
Publication Date: August 1964
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Issues: #123 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: 05/12/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in May 1964. 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
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Beetle!; Loki!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Loki; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Thor
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2009
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #11 published June 1967
as It's Sub-Mariner versus The Behemoth; Hey! Look Who's Menacing Dr. Strange [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #123 [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 [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Birth of the Beetle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Storm [Human Torch]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (introduction, origin); Alicia Masters; Doris Evans
Synopsis: Mechanic-inventor Abner Jenkins creates the identity of The Beetle. While taking the Fantasti-Car for a double-date, Johnny & Ben wind up being humiliated by The Beetle. But when he tries to rip off the NY World's Fair, the rematch goes the other way.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2009
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #25 published March 1970
as The Birth of the Beetle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #24 published February 1972
as La nascita del Coleottero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThunderbolts: Marvel's Most Wanted #[nn] published February 1998
as The Birth of the Beetle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Birth of the Beetle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: X-717
Disclose Notes: Carl Burgos was the creator of the original Human Torch! The Beetle next appears in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #21 (February 1965).
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The Challenge of Loki!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: Occult
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Loki; Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin (cameo)
Synopsis: Strange practices the art of levitation. Meanwhile, in faraway Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, Loki, God of Mischief, plots as always. He contacts Strange and tries to convince him that he is a prisoner of Thor, who is evil and deceiving his father. Strange uses a spell to take Thor's hammer, but on examining it, can sense no trace of evil. Realizing he's been had, Strange battle Loki, who later swears vengeance against the mage.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #[1] published June 1978
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #11 published June 1967
as The Challenge of Loki [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #14 published April 1968
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Marvel Triple Action #2 published July 1975
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #182 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1975
as The Challenge of Loki [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts #[nn] published January 1979
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: X-715
Disclose Notes: Loki would seek revenge against Strange the very next month in Journey Into Mystery #108 (September 1964).
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: promos for Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #15 (August 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #29 (August 1964) include cover repros. Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story.
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Strange Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
Synopsis: A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #45 published September 1956
was Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 2
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: K-440
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Printed after Dr. Strange story. Continues from last issue but with no indication that it is a continued story.

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