Dates
- Cover date
- January 1964
- On sale
- October 8, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #116 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
- The Human Torch in the Clutches of the Puppet Master! · 13 pages
The Puppet Master manipulates the Thing into fighting the Human Torch, hoping to pick off the Fantastic Four one at a time.
- The Radio · 2 pages
A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening.
- Return to the Nightmare World! · 8 pages
Nightmare has discovered the ability to capture humans and bring them to his world for study while they sleep. The police ask Strange's help, as a "last resort," to discover the cause behind a rash of people unable to awaken. Strange tracks the cause down to the Nightmare World, and has a rematch with his old foe.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003), Spellbound (1960), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Marvel Tales (1966), Terrific! (1967), The Avengers (1973), Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (1978), Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (1979), Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (1979), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Doctor Strange (2001), Essential Human Torch (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2010), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (2014), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Doctor Strange Omnibus (2016), Doctor Strange Epic Collection (2016), Doctor Strange: Lords of Fear (2017), The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (2018)