| Issue | #16 |
| Published | September 1968 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Roy Thomas; Gary Friedrich |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott; Larry Lieber |
| Inks | Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott; Larry Lieber |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #21 (February 1965) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #21 (February 1965) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bill Everett |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #5 (August 1951) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Doris Evans (Intro); Plantman [Sam Smithers] (gardener) (Intro); Mr. Evans (Doris' father) (Intro) |
| Synopsis | 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!!" |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Jerry Siegel [as Joe Carter] (Script) |
| Pencils | Dick Ayers |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | 1st appearance of The Plantman, whose costume resembles that worn by The Shadow; he would redesign his costume & return in STRANGE TALES #121 (June 1964). 1st appearance of Doris Evans, who would continue as Johnny's semi-reluctant girlfriend until the end of his solo series. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #113 (October 1963) |
| Characters | Thor; Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man; Loki; Odin |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Chic Stone |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Editing | Stan Lee (Original Editor) |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #102 (March 1964); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #34 |