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Issue: Strange Tales #106
Publication Date: March 1963
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Issues: #106 of 168 Issues (244 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: A price variant intended for distribution in the United Kingdom, changes include; no cover month, replaced price tag, and distribution data added to indicia.
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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
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The Threat of the Torrid Twosome!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dick Ayers per Henry Kujawa (22 August 2007). Previous indexer credited George Roussos.
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The Threat of the Torrid Twosome

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante] (introduction); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Miracle Man [Joshua Ayers] (flashback); Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie] (flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback)
Synopsis: The Acrobat tricks the Human Torch into helping him rob a bank before double crossing him. The Torch chases and captures the thief with the help of the Fantastic Four.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The Acrobat next appears in issue #114 (November 1963). This is the first appearance of Johnny's obstacle training course and the last story in which Johnny worries about having a "secret identity".
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The Recipe

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Josie
Synopsis: A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-338
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Man on the Scaffold!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Willie Wopper; Sam; Charlie
First Line: Willie Wopper was a teller of tall tales!
Synopsis: A teller of tall tales becomes the butt of some ribbing when he tries to tell his fellow painters that he has acquired some magic paints. When the cable of the scaffold they are working on breaks, the advertising poster the men were painting in comes to life and lowers them to the ground. The amazed painters feel they owe their lives to the magic paint, but the painter is smug in the knowledge that the scaffold never really fell but his paint allowed him to hypnotize his coworkers into believing it did and that they were saved by the poster.
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Pages: 5
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The Mystery of the Purple Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bentley
Synopsis: A space expedition is sent to a distant planet when it is suddenly covered with an artificial mist. The team finds gold and takes it, but are transformed into aliens like the inhabitants.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: X-63
Disclose Notes: Script and letters credits by Barry Pearl.

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