Strange Tales #106 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $5,975.00

Sold: Jul 28, 2012

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Publisher: Marvel, 1963

About Strange Tales #106

Features the first appearance of Acrobat, alongside an appearance of the Fantastic Four. Human Torch story with art by Dick Ayers. Cover art by Jack Kirby, with additional story art by Steve Ditko.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Threat of the Torrid Twosome!

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Dick Ayers per Henry Kujawa (22 August 2007). Previous indexer credited George Roussos.

Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (May 1967)

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: The Threat of the Torrid Twosome

Characters: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante] (introduction); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Miracle Man [Joshua Ayers] (flashback); Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie] (flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback)

Synopsis: The Acrobat tricks the Human Torch into helping him rob a bank before double crossing him. The Torch chases and captures the thief with the help of the Fantastic Four.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils: Dick Ayers

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: John Duffy

Reprints: The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (July 1975), | Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (May 1967)

Notes: The Acrobat next appears in issue #114 (November 1963). This is the first appearance of Johnny's obstacle training course and the last story in which Johnny worries about having a "secret identity".

Title: The Recipe

Characters: Josie

Synopsis: A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration.

Title: Man on the Scaffold!

Characters: Willie Wopper; Sam; Charlie

Synopsis: A teller of tall tales becomes the butt of some ribbing when he tries to tell his fellow painters that he has acquired some magic paints. When the cable of the scaffold they are working on breaks, the advertising poster the men were painting in comes to life and lowers them to the ground. The amazed painters feel they owe their lives to the magic paint, but the painter is smug in the knowledge that the scaffold never really fell but his paint allowed him to hypnotize his coworkers into believing it did and that they were saved by the poster.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (September 1975)

Title: The Mystery of the Purple Planet!

Characters: Bentley

Synopsis: A space expedition is sent to a distant planet when it is suddenly covered with an artificial mist. The team finds gold and takes it, but are transformed into aliens like the inhabitants.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils: Paul Reinman

Inks: Paul Reinman

Letters: Ray Holloway

Notes: Script and letters credits by Barry Pearl.

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