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Issue: Strange Tales #108
Publication Date: May 1963
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Issues: #108 of 168 Issues (243 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: 02/12/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

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 In12
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Painter of a Thousand Perils

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing (image); Invisible Girl (image); Mister Fantastic (image); The Painter [Wilhelm Van Vile]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #10 published September 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1/9th page
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as "The Painter of a Thousand Perils!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagLos 4 Fantásticos #31 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Painter of a Thousand Perils!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Painter [Wilhelm Van Vile] (introduction); "Scar" Tobin; Scar's Gang [Nick; Sam; Eddie]; Mister Fantastic (image); Invisible Girl (image); Thing (image); Wizard (flashback); Zemu (flashback)
Synopsis: A counterfeiter caught by the Human Torch finds magic paints and uses them to escape from prison and strike back at the Torch. The Torch realizes what is happening and uses the magic paints to fool the Painter and defeat him.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Content Item: FlagClimax Adventure Comic #4 published June 1965
as The Painter of a Thousand Perils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #10 published September 1967
as The Painter of a Thousand Perils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #9 published July 1971
as Il Pittore dei mille pericoli! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #8 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1975
as The Painter of a Thousand Perils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as "The Painter of a Thousand Perils!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-145
Disclose Notes: Kirby draws one of the henchmen in the Iron Man story in this month's Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #41 (May 1963) with the same face as Scar Tobin.
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The Heat's On

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
Synopsis: When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #44 published March 1957
was The Heat's On [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: H-366
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Heck credit from the entry for Journey Into Mystery #44.
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The Silent Giant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Ben
Synopsis: An old hermit becomes enraged that the nearby redwood tree will outlive him, but when he dies the tree transforms its friend into an immortal redwood too.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #30 published April 1971
as The Silent Giant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-146
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The Iron Warrior

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Merlin; King Arthur; Black Knight (animated suit of armor); Sir Mogard
Synopsis: A knight of King Arthur's court resents the favor shown Merlin and so challenges him to a battle. Merlin's champion, a black knight, wins the competition. The envious knight still sneers at Merlin and claims he has no true magic powers, but Merlin makes a mystic pass and the empty suit of armor falls in pieces upon the ground.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #30 published April 1971
as The Iron Warrior [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-147

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