Strange Tales #125 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1964) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

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Strange Tales #125 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1964

About Strange Tales #125

Human Torch and Thing battle Sub-Mariner. Jack Kirby cover. Steve Ditko art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Sensational Sub-Mariner

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Ayers inks per Nick Caputo. previous indexer credited Frank Giacoia. Inset panel at lower right illustrates Doctor Strange.

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: The Sub-Mariner Must Be Stopped!

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo)

Synopsis: Ben and Johnny's hi-jinks are interrupted by the arrival of a pair of LIFE Magazine reporters, who are there to interview Reed and Sue. When the news reports Sub-Mariner is heading for NYC, Ben and Johnny figure they can make an impression by tackling him on their own. Taking out the "U-Car," they find Namor, who seems to be expecting them. A fight breaks out, ending when Namor leaves, feeling he's been "lied to." Reed and Sue arrive and Ben and Johnny are chastising for ruining the peace talk Reed spent weeks to set up. A betrayed Namor vows that their next fight will be to the finish.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Dick Ayers

Inks: Paul Reinman

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #27 (July 1970)

Notes: Sub-Mariner last appears in X-Men #6 (July 1964) and next appears in Fantastic Four #33 (December 1964). Namor's "electric eel" power crops up again, for the last time. The reporters from LIFE suspiciously resemble Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber.

Title: Mordo Must Not Catch Me!

Characters: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]; Ancient One [Yao]

Synopsis: Three followers of Mordo attack Strange in his sanctum. After dispatching them, he uses the Eye of Agamotto and his amulet to contact his mentor, but to no avail! Mordo appears saying he's captured The Ancient One. In their ectoplasmic forms, a running battle begins that takes them halfway around the world, until Strange locates his mentor in a half-hidden jungle somewhere in Tibet. The battle continues, until the light of Strange's amulet forces Mordo to give in and free The Ancient One. With Mordo apparently beaten "for a long time," Strange heads back to NYC.

Pages: 10.000

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

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: George Roussos [as Geo. Bell]

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #16 (August 1968)

Notes: Sixth appearance of Baron Mordo; Mordo last appears in issue #121 (June 1964) and next appears in issue #130 (March 1965). Doctor Strange guest-stars in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #108 (September 1964), and has a cameo in Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964) shortly before this story. This episode leads directly into Strange's first encounter with Dormammu in the next issue.

Title: The Message

Characters: Bill Benson

Synopsis: An unhappy foundry worker finds a message from a prisoner and rushes to help, finding that the message was merely a test of courage, and that his actions have gained him his dream job.

Pages: 1.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: "Continued next issue..." is written at the bottom of the page, but the second page was not reprinted in subsequent issues. Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story. This is the last text story page in Strange Tales. The synopsis describes the whole story, but only those characters that appear on this page are listed here.

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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	1	1	2	0	1	2	5	5	12	21	22	22	15	27	21	27	39	21	30	24	12	7	1	0	0	318
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
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	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	5	7	13	23	22	24	15	28	23	30	41	24	30	24	13	7	1	0	0	338

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