Strange Tales #121 Twin Cities pedigree (Marvel, 1964) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $3,346.00

Sold: May 6, 2011

Strange Tales #121 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1964

About Strange Tales #121

Origin of Plantman retold. Baron Mordo appearance. Featuring the Human Torch and Doctor Strange. Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko cover. Ditko and Dick Ayers art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Prisoner of the Plantman!; Witchcraft in the Wax Museum

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Plantman [Sam Smithers]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Sol Brodsky ? (top image); Steve Ditko (bottom image)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Corrected art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Original indexer credited Ditko with inks for the upper part and pencils for the lower.

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Prisoner of the Plantman!

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Plantman [Sam Smithers]; Doris Evans; Mr. Evans (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)

Synopsis: After improving his plant ray, The Plantman captures Johnny to get him out of the way while he pulls a robbery. After, Doris, worried about her father, begs Johnny to stop the villain. They have a duel at the Botanical Gardens...with predictable results.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Stan Lee; Dick Ayers (co-plot)

Pencils: Dick Ayers

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #23 (November 1969)

Notes: Second appearance of Plantman; last appears in issue #113 (October 1963) and next appears in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966). Plantman redesigns his costume in this episode, going from "mystery man" to "super-villain" in style.

Title: Witchcraft in the Wax Museum!

Characters: Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]

Synopsis: A phone call lures Strange away in his ectoplasmic form, so Baron Mordo can steal his body. Knowing that if the two are not reunited in 24 hours Strange is doomed, Mordo places a spell over the body so Strange cannot return to it. Using his amulet to retrace Mordo's steps, he finds Mordo, and his own body, in a wax museum. Tricking Mordo into fighting him in his ectoplasmic form, Strange turns the tables by trapping Mordo outside his body, and with Mordo held thus, is able to return to his own. Mordo warns Strange his unwillingness to finish him will be his undoing.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Stan Lee; Steve Ditko (co-plot)

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975), | Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #12 (December 1967)

Notes: This is the fifth appearance of Baron Mordo; he last appears in issue #117 (February 1964) and next appears in issue #125 (October 1964). Doctor Strange guest-stars in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #27 (June 1964) shortly after this story.

Title: The Salesman

Characters: Mr. Frankel; Mr. Karl; Red Mop

Synopsis: A dull salesman gets some zing from a famous clown's laughing powder, but learns that confidence is its own magic.

Pages: 1.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed after the Dr. Strange story.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	6	6	6	4	17	14	16	23	17	28	23	36	31	15	6	2	0	0	259
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	14
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Total	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	3	7	6	6	5	17	15	17	26	19	30	25	36	34	17	6	2	0	0	279

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