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Issue: Strange Tales #117
Publication Date: February 1964
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Issues: #117 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: 11/12/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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 In18
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Return of the Eel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]
Reprinting
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 #117 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as "The Return of the Eel!" [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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of the Eel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
Synopsis: Having served his time, The Eel is released from jail, but Johnny's suspicious because he left prison wearing his Eel costume. Taking a security guard job at an aquarium, The Eel begins pulling crimes, but eventually, Johnny tracks him down and defeats him again.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2006
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #70 published January 1963
as The Return of the Eel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #17 published November 1971
as La Torcia Umana e il ritorno dell'Anguilla! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Human Torch #1 published October 2003
as The Return of the Eel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: X-546
Disclose Notes: Second appearance of The Eel; previous appearance in issue #112 (September 1963); Eel has a 2-panel cameo in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (1965), then returns in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966). Story not reprinted in Marvel Tales run.
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From Outer Space

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jonathan Ditmar
Synopsis: When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #26 published February 1955
was From Outer Space [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9498
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Another Marvel Masterpiece

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964) including cover repro. Printed between the pages of the Human Torch story.
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The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: Occult
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]; Ancient One [Yao]
Synopsis: Mordo places a spell over Strange's house that causes it to vanish to another dimension. Strange manages to track Mordo down using his ethereal form, but it becomes trapped in Mordo's lair. Mordo goes to see The Ancient One, claiming he's changed his way, just so he can attack him unawares. But Strange had found a way to escape by going straight thru the center of the Earth itself, and warned his mentor in advance. Though defeated, both Strange and The Ancient One know Mordo is becoming more powerful all the time.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #[1] published June 1978
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 published February 1967
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #6 published May 1967
as The Many Traps Of Baron Mordo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #61 published January 1969
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Premiere #11 published October 1973
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #80/81 published May 1978
as Face aux nombreux pièges du Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #23 published December 1992
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2001
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 published December 2010
as The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: X-557
Disclose Notes: This is the fourt appearance of Baron Mordo; his last chronological appearance is in issue #114 (November 1963); he next appears in issue #121 (June 1964).

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