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Issue: Strange Tales #108
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Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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.

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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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Painter of a Thousand Perils

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing (image); Invisible Girl (image); Mister Fantastic (image); The Painter [Wilhelm Van Vile]
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
FlagMarvel Tales #10 published September 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1/9th page
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
FlagLos 4 Fantásticos #31 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Painter of a Thousand Perils!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
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)
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
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
FlagClimax Adventure Comic #4 published June 1965
as The Painter of a Thousand Perils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Tales #10 published September 1967
as The Painter of a Thousand Perils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #9 published July 1971
as Il Pittore dei mille pericoli! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Human Torch #8 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1975
as The Painter of a Thousand Perils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as "The Painter of a Thousand Perils!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
 
Miscellaneous
13
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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.
The Heat's On

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
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
FlagJourney into Mystery #44 published March 1957
was The Heat's On [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
H-366
Text story with illustration. Heck credit from the entry for Journey Into Mystery #44.
The Silent Giant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
occult
Ben
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
FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #30 published April 1971
as The Silent Giant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
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The Iron Warrior

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Merlin; King Arthur; Black Knight (animated suit of armor); Sir Mogard
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
FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #30 published April 1971
as The Iron Warrior [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
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