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Issue: Strange Tales #114
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #114 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: 08/08/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newstands in August 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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In27
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Captain America Returns to Challenge the Human Torch!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Captain America [Carl Zante; also as The Acrobat]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 published March 2006
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as Strange Tales #114 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Capitán América #1 published July 2011
as From out of The Golden Age of Comics Into The Marvel Age, Captain America Returns to Challenge The Human Torch! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Human Torch Meets... "Captain America"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante; disguised as Captain America]; Doris Evans; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
Synopsis: The Human Torch is upstaged by the return of Captain America, but the Torch realizes that it is his old enemy the Acrobat in disguise and defeats him.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 published March 2006
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Issue: FlagCaptain America Epic Collection #1 published December 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #17 published November 1968
as The Human Torch Meets... "Captain America" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #13 published September 1971
as La Torcia Umana contro... Capitan America [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "La Torcia Umana contro...Capitan America", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America #216 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1977
as The Human Torch Meets..."Captain America" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Human Torch Meets... "Captain America" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Human Torch Meets... "Captain America" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Capitán América #1 published July 2011
as El Primer Encuentro entre La Antorcha Humana y el Capitán América [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-449
Disclose Notes: Acrobat last appears in issue #106 (March 1963). This story involving a Captain America imposter was a try-out to test the idea of reviving him. The real Cap would return only 4 months later in Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964).

Winner of the 1963 "Favorite Short Story" Alley Award.

"Cap" wears red trunks in this story instead of the usual blue.
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The Bridge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, occult
Character(s): Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks
Synopsis: A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #42 published June 1956
was The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [J-707]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: Occult
Character(s): Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo, also as Sir Clive Bentley]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One [Yao]; Victoria Bentley (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Strange is lured into a trap in England by Baron Mordo, but defeats him with the help of a woman with latent magical talents.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #[1] published June 1978
In Issue: FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Strange Tales #110 #[nn] published April 1995
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #8 published November 2010
In Content Item: FlagZombie #9 published January 1961
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #5 published October 1966
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #4 published May 1967
as Witchcraft in the Wax-Works! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Title changed
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #4 published October 1973
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #136 [Direct] published February 1982
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-450
Disclose Notes: Baron Mordo last appears in issue #111 (August 1963) and, not counting next issue's flashback, Mordo next appears in issue #117 (February 1964). Victoria Bentley next appears in issue #160 (September 1967). Inker is obviously George Roussos, though not credited on artwork. Stan Lee notes he was waiting for reader feedback after Strange's first appearances; this suggests Roussos may have inked this episode because of a very last-minute decision to begin running the series regularly.

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