Dates
- Cover date
- January 1963
- On sale
- October 9, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #104 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Paste-Pot Pete! · 13 pages
Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military.
- Venus! · 2 pages
The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
- Markham's Magic Crayon! · 5 pages
A greedy factory owner fires a worker who claims to have made a magic crayon. He finds that the crayon really is magic, giving him the ability to draw fabulously, but never allowing him to stop.
- The Frog-Man! · 5 pages
An evil king is turned into a frog by a sorcerer. He hibernates for centuries hoping that the future will hold a cure, but Halloween costumes make him think that humans are now giant frogs and he goes to sleep forever.
Reprinted in
Spellbound (1960), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), Marvel Tales (1966), Terrific! (1967), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), The Human Torch (1974), Essential Human Torch (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (2006), 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)