Strange Tales #127 - First Appearance of Mindless Ones, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue: #127
Publication date: December 1964
Key date: December 1964
On-sale date: September 8, 1964
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

First appearance of Mindless Ones - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	The Mystery Villain!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Chic Stone, Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Dormammu, Doctor Strange, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Johnny Storm, Stephen Strange, The Thing
1	The Mystery Villain!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee, Dick Ayers; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Willie Lumpkin, Mister Fantastic, Namor, Paste-Pot Pete, Peter Petruski, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Sub-Mariner, The Thing, Bentley Wittman, Wizard
2	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee
3	Duel with the Dread Dormammu!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Ancient One, Clea, Dormammu, Doctor Strange, Mindless Ones First, Stephen Strange
4	A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up	illustration	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Ben Grimm, The Thing

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #18	1968	On eBay ›
Marvel's Greatest Comics #30	1971	On eBay ›
Doctor Strange #3	1974	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four #154	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #23 ISBN 0-87135-915-4	1992	On eBay ›
Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains #[nn] ISBN 0-671-22355-0	1976	On eBay ›
Essential Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-0816-5	2001	On eBay ›
Essential Human Torch #1 ISBN 0785113096	2003	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-1180-8; 978-0-7851-1180-1	2003	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #126127 of 168#128 ›

Sources

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

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