Dates
- Cover date
- October 1962
- On sale
- July 10, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #101 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-0 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-0 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Human Torch · 13 pages
In his home town of Glenville, Johnny Storm investigates sabotage at an amusement park. He finds that the sabotage was aimed at a structure that blocked messages to a Communist submarine. The messages were from the editor of the newspaper, a Communist spy.
- Skrawkcab · 2 pages
An extraordiinary child excells at sports and school, but does it all backwards.
- The Impossible Spaceship! · 5 pages
An empty spaceship arrives on Earth, confusing everyone. The ship lands and stays for a time before leaving, disappointed that the humans couldn’t realize that the ship itself was alive.
- What Is X-35? · 5 pages
A criminal trying to escape is repeatedly confronted with the number X-35. He is run over and killed by a car bearing the license plate number X-35.
Characters
Reprinted in
Weird Planets (1962), Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Tales (1966), The Human Torch (1974), Essential Human Torch (2003), The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (1980), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (2006), Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (2011), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (2014), The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (2018), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)