| Issue | #104 |
| Published | January 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Stan Goldberg colorist credit removed due to lack of attribution. (16/03/2010) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967) [0.20 page]; in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski] (introduction) |
| Synopsis | Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Paste-Pot Pete next appears in issue #110 (July 1963). Pete became The Trapster in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #38 (May 1965). This is the first time a villain in this series got away at the end. A genuine animosity seems to have developed very quickly, perhaps as a result of such a "ridiculous" looking baddie almost killing Johnny during their fight. Don Simpson paid tribute to Pete (and Spider-Man) with his character "The Slick" in Bizarre Heroes. Stan Goldberg colorist credit removed due to lack of attribution. (16/03/2010) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967); in Human Torch, The (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (March 1975); in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6 (June 15, 1971) [as "Pete, l'uomo di Colla!", Italian translation] |
| Characters | Monangahela Munroe |
| Synopsis | The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1971) |
| Characters | Harry Markham |
| Synopsis | A greedy factory owner fires a worker who claims to have made a magic crayon. He finds that the crayon really is magic, giving him the ability to draw fabulously, but never allowing him to stop. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Stan Goldberg colorist credit removed due to lack of attribution. (16/03/2010) |
| Characters | King Zakkim; Ozaan; John; Nancy |
| Synopsis | An evil king is turned into a frog by a sorcerer. He hibernates for centuries hoping that the future will hold a cure, but Halloween costumes make him think that humans are now giant frogs and he goes to sleep forever. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Stan Goldberg colorist credit and Art Simek letterer credit removed due to lack of attribution. (16/03/2010) |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #10 (July 1971); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #121 (November 25, 1975) [as "L'Uomo Rana", Italian translation] |