Strange Tales #118
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis 1964 Marvel gem packs two powerhouse features into one twelve-cent package, and the cover — penciled by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, inked by Chic Stone and Steve Ditko — makes the promise impossible to resist. The Human Torch blazes at center stage, flanked by the Thing and a blue-suited figure as debris scatters around them, while a circular inset warns of "The Return of the Wizard, Master of Evil!" A bottom banner rounds things out beautifully, teasing a Doctor Strange tale titled "The Possessed!" — making this a genuinely exciting showcase for two of early Marvel's most distinctive corners of its universe.
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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...
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