Strange Tales #105
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Strange Tales #105, the Wizard—once again behind bars—plays the perfect prisoner, all to gain access to a hospital lab and plan his next breakout. With his house fortified and a deadly challenge issued to the Human Torch, Johnny must face off against the cunning criminal, even as Sue Storm’s unexpected "help" throws everything into chaos. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Dick Ayers, this 1963 issue delivers a tense, clever clash of wits and wills—cover by Kirby and Ayers.
In "The Return of the Wizard!" from Strange Tales #105, the imprisoned genius known as the Wizard uses his cunning to gain access to the prison hospital, setting a trap for his enemies. With his house fortified and his mind sharper than ever, he dares the Torch to a showdown—only for Sue Storm’s unexpected interference to turn the tide.
In "Man Alone!" from Strange Tales #105, a man haunted by dreams of solitary confinement flees to the sea, only to be shipwrecked on a desolate island—where isolation may be less escape than inevitability. The story unfolds with quiet dread, following Jo as he confronts a fate that feels eerily familiar, even as he tries to outrun it.
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Reprinted in Strange Tales #1 (1963), Marvel Tales #7 (1967), Pow! #49 (1967), Fakkelen og Jernmannen #2/1968 (1968), Edderkoppen #5/1968 (1968), Edderkoppen #6/1968 (1968), I Fantastici Quattro #8 (1971), The Human Torch #5 (1975), Thor e i Vendicatori #123 (1975), Secrets of the Unknown #171 (1977), Secrets of the Unknown #245 (1988), Essential Human Torch #1 (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 (2014), The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection #[nn] (2018), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2 (2019), Creepy Worlds #65, Creepy Worlds #87, Los 4 Fantásticos #25, Secrets of the Unknown #32, Secrets of the Unknown #87
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