| Issue | #5 |
| Published | November 1966 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Characters | Thor; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu |
| Pencils | Cover Repros: Amazing Spider-Man #8; Journey into Mystery #87; Tales to Astonish #40; Strange Tales #103 |
| Inks | Sol Brodsky |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (January 1964); from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #87 (December 1962); from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #40 (February 1963) [partially obscured]; from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962) [partially obscured] |
| 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) #8 (January 1964) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; George Bentley (real estate developer); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Perfectly good houses sink into the ground after they're built. Reed suggests sabotage; a farmer blames "swamp demons." When Johnny investigates, he sees strange men with blue skin using an "electro gamma wave" ray gun to make the houses sink. The farmer, confronted, proves to be one of them as well, and he uses an "anti-matter electron" gun to make Johnny's flame go out! |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Part 1 of 3. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962) |
| Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu (despot) (Intro); Valeria (Intro); Phineas (Intro); Theos (Intro) |
| Synopsis | Johnny is transported to another dimension, where, in a futuristic city, he's taken before Zemu, a despot who plans to conquer Earth, and had been trying to drive away the real estate developers from the dimensional passageway. Imprisoned in a water tank, Johnny is freed by Valeria, whose father Phineas wishes to overthrow the tyrant. Zemu's troops attack, threatening to kill the others if Johnny doesn't surrender. But he frees his new friends... |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Notes | Part 2 of 3. 1st appearances of Zemu, Valeria, Phineas & Theos. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962) |
| Characters | Zemu; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Valeria; Phineas; Theos; Mr. Harris (teacher) |
| Synopsis | Johnny uses his flames to create a tornado to take out the asbestos-covered armored tanks, then writes a message in the sky to inspire an uprising! Zemu is quickly overthrown, the people can now live free, and Valeria wishes Johnny could stay. Back in school, Johnny daydreams about her, thinking "I'll never be able to get her out of my mind..." (Ah, so young!) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Notes | Part 3 of 3. Zemu, Valeria & Phineas would return in Fantastic Four #158 (May 1975). |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962) |
| Characters | Thor; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Colonel Edward Harrison |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #87 (December 1962) |
| Characters | The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Rack Morgan |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Larry Lieber |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #51 (January 1964) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Sol Brodsky |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #40 (February 1963) |