| Characters |
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Terrible Trio [Handsome Harry Phillips; Yogi Dakor; Bull Brogin]; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Stan Lee |
| Pencils |
Jack Kirby; Sol Brodsky (Human Torch figure); Carl Burgos (other corrections); Steve Ditko (Doctor Strange figure) |
| Inks |
George Roussos ?; Chic Stone ?; Steve Ditko (Doctor Strange figure) |
| Colors |
Stan Goldberg ? |
| Notes |
Burgos and Brodsky credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, July 2005 and December 2008. Primary inker in dispute: Chic Stone per Henry Kujawa (August 2007); George Roussos per Nick Caputo (December 2008). |
| Reprinted |
in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]; in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters |
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Terrible Trio [Handsome Harry Phillips; Yogi Dakor; Bull Brogin]; Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo) |
| Synopsis |
In flashback we see the how Dr. Doom used "The Terrible Trio" to trap the Fantastic Four, then discarded his underlings by sending them into another dimension! With Doom gone, the three return to Earth, where they're foolish enough to try taking on The Torch again, figuring 3 against 1 would be no contest. WRONG! After, Sue gives Johnny hell for how his "roughneck" friends must have messed up "her" house. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Stan Lee (co-plot, dialogue); Dick Ayers (co-plot) |
| Pencils |
Dick Ayers |
| Inks |
George Roussos [as George Bell] |
| Letters |
Sam Rosen |
| Notes |
Second appearance of "The Terrible Trio"; they last appear in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #23 (February 1964) and they next appear in issue #129 (February 1965). Handsome Harry resembles actor Tony Franciosa. Colors credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #24 (January 1970); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #23 (February 8, 1972) [as "Tre contro la Torcia", Italian translation]; in Essential Human Torch (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters |
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nightmare; The Gulgol (illusion) |
| Synopsis |
Weary from his struggles against the forces of the supernatural, Strange falls asleep, carelessly forgetting to cast a protective spell over himself, and becomes a prisoner of the Nightmare World! Nightmare imprisons Strange, the only one who has ever defeated him, then says he's bored and looks forward to other victims. But Strange summons The Gulgol, a creature that never sleeps, and Nightmare begs Strange to stop it. He does so, without uttering a spell, for in reality, Strange hypnotized Nightmare into seeing the one thing he feared; it was never there in the first place. Freed, Strange wakes up. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Steve Ditko (plot, un-credited); Stan Lee (script) |
| Pencils |
Steve Ditko |
| Inks |
George Roussos |
| Letters |
Artie Simek |
| Notes |
This is the third appearance of Nightmare; he last appears in issue #116 (January 1964) and next appears in Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #170 (July 1968). Inks credited by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30 (Per Sandell ed.) Colors credit for Stan Goldberg removed due to lack of attribution. |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #13 (February 1968); in Giant-Size Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (May 1975); in Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #nn [1]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #23 (1992); in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003) |