Strange Tales #102 (1962) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Prisoner of the Wizard! / Who Needs You? / What Was the Dreaded Secret of the Hidden Planet?	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]
1	Prisoner of the Wizard	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard (introduction, origin) [Bentley Wittman]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]
2	The Treasure	text story	2	letters: typeset	Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
3	The Secret of the Hidden Planet!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dick Ayers, Gene Colan; colors: Stan Goldberg	Paul Hastings; Dirk Morgan; Joe
4	Who Needs You?	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	General Craig; R-63

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

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #4	1966	On eBay ›
The Human Torch #2	1974	On eBay ›
Essential Human Torch #1 ISBN 0785113096	2003	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 ISBN 0-7851-2070-X	2006	On eBay ›

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