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Issue: Strange Tales #134
Publication Date: July 1965
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Issues: #134 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/08/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Enter: The Watcher!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Watcher; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2009
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #55 published January 1968
as Enter: The Watcher! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #134 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Enter: The Watcher! [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 Challenge of...The Watcher!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Watcher; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Kang; Merlin; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
Synopsis: Though he is not permitted to interfere, The Watcher tells Ben & Johnny of how Kang time-travelled to the days of King Arthur, imprisoned Merlin, and took over the country. In order for the timestream to remain intact, The Watcher sends the pair back in time to defeat Kang. After a hard battle, they send Kang packing, and The Watcher returns them to the present. Later, relaxing after a hard day's fighting, Reed & Sue accuse them of being "loafers."
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2009
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #35 published July 1972
as La sfida dell'Osservatore! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Challenge of... the Watcher! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Kang's previous appearance in THE AVENGERS #11 (December 1964); next appearance in THE AVENGERS #23 (December 1965). The Watcher's own series, where he sometimes acted merely as narrator, ran in TALES OF SUSPENSE #49-58 (January-October 1964); previous appearance apart from that in FANTASTIC FOUR #29 (August 1964); next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3 (November 1965).

Last episode of the series. The Human Torch and the Thing would be replaced in the next issue with "Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D." The Torch later became an occasional co-star beginning in MARVEL TEAM-UP #1 (March 1972). The Thing received his own team-up series in MARVEL FEATURE #11-12 (September-November 1973), then MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #1 (January 1974). Eventually, Ben would get a solo series in THE THING #1 (July 1983).
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Earth Be My Battleground

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Hamir (unnamed); The Ancient One; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); Mindless Ones
Synopsis: Dr. Strange returns to earth but remains in hiding. Mordo's spirits discover Strange and pursue him. Meanwhile Clea distracts Dormammu by freeing The Mindless Ones. They attack, causing Dormammu to leave Mordo on his own. Strange flies into space and straight into the sun, the spirits fleeing and Mordo worried that it might spell his doom. Strange returns to The Ancient One, who in his weak, delirious condition, speaks of "Eternity." Dormammu secures his domain but wonders if someone has betrayed him. Clea fears she may be found out while Dr. Strange begins to search for "Eternity."
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #2 published July 1979
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #22 published September 1967
as Earth Be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #185 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1976
as Earth Be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page 10, panel 7 omitted.
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #67 published February 1977
as Mon champ de bataille c'est la ... Terre ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]N&B [B&W]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #72/73 published September 1977
as Mon champ de bataille c'est la ... Terre! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #88/89 published December 1978
as Mon champ de bataille c'est la ... Terre ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]N&B [B&W]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange Classics Starring Doctor Strange #2 published April 1984
as Earth Be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as Earth Be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Earth be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as Earth Be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as Earth Be My Battleground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part 5 of 17. Strange would finally find Eternity in STRANGE TALES #138 (November 1965). This episode (and the next one) were inadvertently skipped in sequential reprints in MARVEL COLLECTORS' ITEM CLASSICS in 1970.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: includes letters by Robert Strezelecki, Jimmy Mills, Michael Arden, Richard Willis and the Mighty Marvel Checklist, listing Fantastic Four #40, Spider-Man #26, Avengers #17, X-Men #11, Daredevil #8, Thor #117, Suspense #67, Astonish #69 and Sgt. Fury #19.

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