Dates
- Cover date
- September 1968
- On sale
- July 11, 1968
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Where Flies the Beetle...! · 20 pages
When the Beetle is released from prison he plans to take his revenge on the Human Torch and ends up fighting both the Torch and Spider-Man.
- The Serpent Strikes! · 5 pages
A woman from an Indian snake worshiping cult follows a stolen snake to the United States and takes revenge on the zoo that has it.
- The Coming of the Plantman! · 13 pages
Johnny has a date with Doris Evans, who drives him crazy as she's the only girl he's gone out with who's not impressed with his being The Torch, and prefers him as "Johnny". He sees her father fire his gardener, Sam Smithers, for "fooling around" with an invention designed to increase the intelligence of plant life. Shortly, in a "million-to-one freak accident", lightnight strikes and alters Sam's device so "it works!" Not only does it increase plants' intelligence, they also follow his mental commands. Donning a costume, he robs the store where Doris' father works and plants evidence to frame him for the crime. Johnny swears to clear Evans' name. Soon Johnny & The Plantman are engaged in battle, and The Plantman demands the city be turned over to him! (Talk about rising megalomania.) Johnny manages to break the plant-device, but The Plantman gets away, promising himself, "Next time my plan will be foolproof!!"
- Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man! · 13 pages
Thor helps Zarrko conquer the 23rd century world, but then turns on him and defeats him, winning back Odin's favor.