Issue Contents:
The Threat of the Torrid Twosome!
Story Featuring Human Torch
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Dick Ayers per Henry Kujawa (22 August 2007). Previous indexer credited George Roussos.
The Threat of the Torrid Twosome
Story Featuring Human Torch
Storyline
The Acrobat tricks the Human Torch into helping him rob a bank before double crossing him. The Torch chases and captures the thief with the help of the Fantastic Four.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Dick Ayers
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: John Duffy
Story Notes
The Acrobat next appears in issue #114 (November 1963). This is the first appearance of Johnny's obstacle training course and the last story in which Johnny worries about having a "secret identity".
Man on the Scaffold!
"Willie Wopper was a teller of tall tales!"
Storyline
A teller of tall tales becomes the butt of some ribbing when he tries to tell his fellow painters that he has acquired some magic paints. When the cable of the scaffold they are working on breaks, the advertising poster the men were painting in comes to life and lowers them to the ground. The amazed painters feel they owe their lives to the magic paint, but the painter is smug in the knowledge that the scaffold never really fell but his paint allowed him to hypnotize his coworkers into believing it did and that they were saved by the poster.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
The Mystery of the Purple Planet!
Storyline
A space expedition is sent to a distant planet when it is suddenly covered with an artificial mist. The team finds gold and takes it, but are transformed into aliens like the inhabitants.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Script: Larry Lieber
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway
Story Notes
Script and letters credits by Barry Pearl.
The Recipe
Storyline
A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
Story Notes
Text story with illustration.