Issue | #8 |
Published | May 1967 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Thor; Carbon-Copy Man [Zano]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Acrobat [Carl Zante] |
Pencils | Cover Repros: Amazing Spider-Man #13; Journey into Mystery #90; Strange Tales #106 |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #13 (June 1964); from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #90 (March 1963); from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #106 (March 1963) |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #13 (June 1964) |
Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Carl Zante [Acrobat] (Intro); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Miracle Man (flashback); Sub-Mariner (flashback); Dr. Doom (flashback) |
Synopsis | Johnny trains on the obstacle course designed for him by Reed. Meanwhile, Carl Zante, "The world's greatest acrobat", visits Sue, looking for The Human Torch. Johnny wonders how he knew, when Zante explains that "everyone" knows Johnny Storm is The Human Torch, and Sue tells him the people in Glenville left him alone because they figured he valued his privacy! Zante tries to convince Johnny that he's the most valuable member of the Fantastic Four, but getting none of the "profits" from rewards (which tend to go into scientific research). Johnny joins Zante in "The Torrid Twosome", a new crimefighting duo (complete with costumes), whose first case is to rescue someone trapped in a bank vault. But it turns out, Zante only wanted Johnny to help him rob the bank! With a little help from his partners, but mostly on his own, Johnny nabs Zante for the cops, then explains he suspected Zante, and just wanted to see what he was up to. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | John Duffy |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #106 (March 1963) |
Characters | Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Mingo; Vikor; Colossus |
Synopsis | An alien warlord builds a giant statue to intimidate the superstitious, but it comes to life and takes the side of the rebels against him. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Don Heck |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Ray Holloway |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #53 (March 1964) |
Characters | Thor; Ugarth, War Lord of Xarta; Zano; Don Blake; Odin; Jane Foster; Mayor Harris; Carbon-Copy Man [Zano] |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
Pencils | Al Hartley |
Inks | Al Hartley |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Terry Szenics |
Reprinted | from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #90 (March 1963) |