Dates
- Cover date
- March 1964
- On sale
- December 9, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #118 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 Man Who Became the Torch! · 13 pages
The Wizard breaks jail, and begins pulling crimes using a new anti-gravity flying device he's invented. Via trickery and disguise, he captures Johnny, then Sue, and begins impersonating Johnny, while planning bigger and bolder crimes with which to use his anti-gravity device. With the help of Reed and Ben, Sue and Johnny escape, and Johnny goes after The Wizard, who attempts to escape by flying higher and higher with his anti-grav disc. But it malfunctions, and, unable to control it, he just keeps going higher and higher...
- The Weatherman · 2 pages
In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
- The Possessed! · 8 pages
Using his "Earthly Scanner," in which is a small replica of the planet, Strange senses evil somewhere in Bavaria. In a remote village, he finds the townspeople the victims of some strange form of possession, and believes a supernatural force is at work. But he soon discovers it's really the work of aliens from another dimension. He sends them packing, and seals off the dimensional doorway forever.
Characters
Reprinted in
Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003), Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), Marvel Tales (1966), Astounding Stories (1966), Terrific! (1967), The Avengers (1973), Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (1978), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Doctor Strange (2001), Essential Human Torch (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2010), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Doctor Strange Epic Collection (2016), Doctor Strange Omnibus (2016), The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection (2018), Ditko Is... Strange King-Size (2020), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2021)