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Issue: Strange Tales #101
Publication Date: October 1962
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Issues: #101 of 168 Issues (243 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/10/1962
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): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newstands in July 1962. 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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In15
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Starring: the Fabulous Human Torch!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Destroyer [Charles Stanton]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #3 published July 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]0.20 page
In Content Item: FlagFakkelen og Jernmannen #1/1968 published January 1968
as ingen tittel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Starring: the Fabulous Human Torch! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Human Torch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Destroyer [Charles Stanton]; Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback)
Synopsis: In his home town of Glenville, Johnny Storm investigates sabotage at an amusement park. He finds that the sabotage was aimed at a structure that blocked messages to a Communist submarine. The messages were from the editor of the newspaper, a Communist spy.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #3 published July 1966
as The Human Torch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #3 published July 1966
as Part 2: "The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFakkelen og Jernmannen #1/1968 published January 1968
as Fakkelen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #5 published June 1971
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #1 published September 1974
as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp1–2, 4–13, as "Johnny Storm, the Human Torch"; minus 1 page,
In Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #1 published September 1974
as Part 2: "The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #5 [Direct Edition] published April 1986
as Book V: Terror in the Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Human Torch [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as Part 2: "The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-846
Disclose Notes: First Silver Age Human Torch solo story. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (7pp) and Part 2–"The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!" (6 pp). Contains diagram of Sue & Johnny's house & brief recap of the Fantastic Four's origin. Splash bills Johnny as "America's Favorite Superhero".

This spin-off series no doubt the result of publisher Martin Goodman feeling that "The Human Torch" has been good luck for him, dating all the way back to Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939). The plot about spies trying to scare townsfolk away from where a submarine is docking may have served as the inspiration for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon, "Return Of The Flying Dutchman".
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Skrawkcab

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Oston Trams; Mrs. Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross
Synopsis: An extraordiinary child excells at sports and school, but does it all backwards.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #58 published May 1957
was Sdrawkcab [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-18
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Impossible Spaceship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An empty spaceship arrives on Earth, confusing everyone. The ship lands and stays for a time before leaving, disappointed that the humans couldn’t realize that the ship itself was alive.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFakkelen og Jernmannen #1/1968 published January 1968
as Det gåtefulle romskip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Writer credits per Barry Pearl.

The plot of this story is the same as the plot in Men's Adventures #21 (1953), Strange Worlds #1 (1958) and Tales of Suspense #11 (1960)
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What Is X-35?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Archie Craig
Synopsis: A criminal trying to escape is repeatedly confronted with the number X-35. He is run over and killed by a car bearing the license plate number X-35.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Writer credits per Barry Pearl.

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