Strange Tales #124 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1964

About Strange Tales #124

The Thing becomes the Human Torch's regular co-star. Paste-Pot Pete returns. Dick Ayers and Steve Ditko cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Paste-Pot Pete!; The Lady from Nowhere!

Characters: Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]; Cleopatra VII; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

Pencils: Dick Ayers (signed)(upper section); Steve Ditko (lower section)

Inks: Dick Ayers (signed)(upper section); George Roussos (lower section)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: The Doctor Strange portion of the cover consists of two images taken from the interior story by Ditko and Roussos, per Rob Allen, via the GCD Errors list, August 2009.

STORY DETAILS

(2 Stories)

Title: Paste-Pot Pete

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]; Doris Evans

Synopsis: Trying to tell Johnny that Paste-Pot Pete was paroled (for helping The Avengers), Ben & Johnny get into a brawl. Tired of being thought of as a clown, Pete completely redesigns his costume, then takes on The Thing while he's flying his part of the Fantasti-Car. As he's about to go help Ben, Johnny's told by Doris that if he leaves in the middle of their date, he needn't bother returning. After a fierce battle, Ben & Johnny triumph, and after an "explanation," Doris forgives Johnny.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Stan Lee (co-plot, script); Dick Ayers (co-plot, un-credited)

Pencils: Dick Ayers

Inks: Paul Reinman

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #26 (May 1970)

Notes: This is the third appearance of Paste-Pot Pete; he last appears in the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #6 (July 1964)—where he was incorrectly drawn as The Wizard—he next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #36 (March 1965). Stan announces that due to popular demand, Johnny and Ben will co-star in every issue from now on.

Title: The Lady from Nowhere!

Characters: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Zota; Cleopatra VII; Ancient One [Yao]; Mark Antony (cameo)

Synopsis: Sensing sorcery, Strange finds a woman wandering the streets under a spell. After guiding her to his house, he consults his mentor. Strange travels into the past, though he's warned that if the candle employed in the spell expires he will be trapped there forever. In Ancient Egypt, he battles a wizard, Zota, and removes his power. Returning to the present the candle flickers out, but Strange uses the light from his amulet to guide him, barely making it back. Strange reveals the woman is Cleopatra, sent to the future when she scorned Zota. He sends her back to her waiting Mark Antony.

Pages: 9.000

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

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: George Roussos [as Geo. Bell]

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #182 (November 1975), | Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #15 (June 1968)

Notes: Zota's "impulse transmitter" (magic mirror), through which Strange arrives and leaves in Ancient Egypt, is strikingly similar to one used in the Doctor Who story, "The Pyramids Of Mars" (1975).

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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	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	7	5	10	10	13	7	12	16	23	19	25	36	22	12	17	5	0	0	0	244
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	8	6	10	12	14	7	12	16	24	22	26	37	22	12	18	5	0	0	0	257

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