Strange Tales #101 (1962) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue: #101
Publication date: October 1962
Key date: 1962-10-00
On-sale date: 1962-07-10
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Johnny Storm, Mister Fantastic.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Starring: the Fabulous Human Torch!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Human Torch, Johnny Storm
1	The Human Torch	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Ben Grimm Origin, Human Torch Origin, Invisible Girl Origin, Mister Fantastic Origin, Reed Richards Origin, Johnny Storm Origin, Susan Storm Richards Origin, The Thing Origin
2	Skrawkcab	text story	2	pencils: John Tartaglione; inks: John Tartaglione	Oston Trams; Mrs. Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross
3	The Impossible Spaceship!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Terry Szenics
4	What Is X-35?	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Archie Craig

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-0 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #3	1966	On eBay ›
The Human Torch #1	1974	On eBay ›
Essential Human Torch #1 ISBN 0785113096	2003	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #5	1986	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 ISBN 0-7851-2070-X	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-8781-3	2014	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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