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Issue: Strange Tales #115
Publication Date: December 1963
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Issues: #115 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/10/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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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)
6 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newstands in September 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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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 Uncanny Sandman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (inset)
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Pages: 1
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The Sandman Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: The Human Torch fights and defeats Spider-Man’s old enemy Sandman.
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Pages: 13
Job Number: X-472
Disclose Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

This story takes place after Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #20 (November 1963). This is the second appearance of Sandman; he last appeared in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (September 1963); he next appears in Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964). This is the first time that Sandman, originally Spider-Man's foe, fought the Torch. He would eventually team-up with two other Torch villains, Wizard & Paste-Pot Pete, to form the Frightful Four in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #36 (March 1965). Torch & Spidey last crossed paths in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963); they would do so again the very next month in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (January 1964).
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Promo of Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (November 1963) includes cover repro. Printed between the pages of the Human Torch story.
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Pages: 1
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Zero of Time

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Pearson; Prof. Thomas Benton; Father Time
Synopsis: A scientist's machine transports him and a reporter outside of time and into the realm of Father Time.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: [9689]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Origin of Dr. Strange

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: Occult
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (origin); Ancient One [Yao]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (origin)
Synopsis: Dr. Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help. He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: X-473?
Disclose Notes: This is the first mention of Dormammu. The Ancient One's home is said here to be in India, this is later changed to Tibet.

Stan Lee says they forgot to tell Strange's origin before this. Judging by the evolution of the artwork, it appears this was at least the ninth episode drawn! In all other episodes up to issue #120 (May 1964), Strange resembes Vincent Price; in this and later ones, he resembles Ronald Colman. Certain plot elements are somewhat similar to those in the Frank Capra film, Lost Horizon (1937).

Stan Goldberg credit removed due to lack of attribution. (20/03/2010)
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo of Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (December 1963) includes cover repro. Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story.

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