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Issue: Strange Tales #103

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Publication Date: December 1962

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Issues: #103 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

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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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Format

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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Strange Tales #103 [U.S. Cover Price]

Strange Tales #103 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

Prisoner of the 5th Dimension!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu

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Pages: 1

Prisoner of the 5th Dimension!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu [later spelled "Xemu"] (introduction); Valeria (introduction); Phineas (introduction); Theos; George Bentley; Mr. Harris (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo)

Synopsis: The Human Torch discovers an impending invasion from the 5th Dimension, but he is captured by that dimension’s tyrannical ruler. The Torch is freed by the tyrant’s opponents and helps them his troops, freeing his subjects and saving Earth from invasion.

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Pages: 13

Job Number: V-823

Notes: This story is divided into three parts: an untitled part one (5pp), Part 2—"Trapped in Another World!" (5pp) and Part 3—"The End of Zemu!" (3pp). Zemu next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #158 (May 1975) as "Xemu". Valeria and Phineas next appear in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #159 (June 1975).

Lady Luck

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck

Synopsis: A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: G-377

Notes: Text story with illustration.

The Little People!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Lemuel Gulliver; Emma Gulliver

Synopsis: An American expatriate stumbles across tiny people in Europe who seem to recognize him. He is captured and escapes, thinking the experience was a dream, but wondering about reincarnation.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Narrated in the first person.

Jasper's Jalopy

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Jasper Jenks

Synopsis: A man is mocked for keeping his old car, but it saves his life by sacrificing itself to keep him from crossing an unsafe bridge.

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Pages: 5