Strange Tales #104
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Paste-Pot Pete!" kicks off in Strange Tales #104 (1963) with a delightfully absurd twist: an ancient evil king, cursed into a frog by a sorcerer, spends centuries in hibernation, dreaming of a cure. When he awakens during Halloween, mistaken by festive costumes for a giant frog, he retreats into eternal slumber—believing he’s finally among his own kind. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, with colors by Stan Goldberg and letters by Artie Simek, the cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers captures the tale’s whimsical dread.
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An evil king is turned into a frog by a sorcerer. He hibernates for centuries hoping that the future will hold a cure, but Halloween costumes make him think that humans are now giant frogs and he goes to sleep forever.
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