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Cover: Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko & Chic Stone & Steve Ditko
Strange Tales #118
“The Man Who Became the Torch!”
writer Stan Lee · writer Dick Ayers · artist Dick Ayers · inker Dick Ayers · letterer S. Rosen · cover Jack KirbySteve DitkoChic StoneSteve Ditko
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
writer Dick Ayers
artist Dick Ayers
inker Dick Ayers
letterer S. Rosen
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover pencils Steve Ditko
cover inks Chic Stone
cover inks Steve Ditko
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The Wizard breaks jail, and begins pulling crimes using a new anti-gravity flying device he's invented. Via trickery and disguise, he captures Johnny, then Sue, and begins impersonating Johnny, while planning bigger and bolder crimes with which to use his anti-gravity device. With the help of Reed and Ben, Sue and Johnny escape, and Johnny goes after The Wizard, who attempts to escape by flying higher and higher with his anti-grav disc. But it malfunctions, and, unable to control it, he just keeps going higher and higher...
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).