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Strange Tales#123
Cover: Jack Kirby & Sol Brodsky
Strange Tales #123
“The Birth of the Beetle!”
writer Stan Lee · writer, artist Steve Ditko · inker George Bell · colorist George Roussos · letterer Art Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
writer, artist Steve Ditko
inker George Bell
colorist George Roussos
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Sol Brodsky
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Strange practices the art of levitation. Meanwhile, in faraway Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, Loki, God of Mischief, plots as always. He contacts Strange and tries to convince him that he is a prisoner of Thor, who is evil and deceiving his father. Strange uses a spell to take Thor's hammer, but on examining it, can sense no trace of evil. Realizing he's been had, Strange battle Loki, who later swears vengeance against the mage.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).