Category: Strange Tales (1951)
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Strange Tales #135:Eternity Beckons
Cover Date: Aug 1965 | Review: 3.25 StarsIn this adventure, Dr. Strange seeks more information on Eternity from Sir Baskerville, a former student of the Ancient One like himself. He travels to Castle Baskerville, hoping to find an ally and the answers he seeks. Unfortunately, the person he meets is no friend—he is an agent of Mordo, secretly plotting to betray Strange…
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Strange Tales #135:The Man For the Job!
Cover Date: Aug 1965 | Review: 4.75 StarsStrange Tales #135 is nothing short of a game-changer. The blend of espionage and sci-fi action, the introduction of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the sheer energy of the storytelling make it a landmark issue. If you were reading this in 1965, you’d be hooked—and honestly, even today, it still holds up.
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Strange Tales #134:Earth Be My Battleground
Cover Date: Jul 1965 | Review: 4.5 StarsAfter the events of the last issue, Doctor Strange returns to Earth. Unbeknownst to Baron Mordo and Dormammu, he checks in on the Ancient One. While trying to help his master heal, Strange hears murmurs about Eternity. Intrigued and desperate for understanding, he uses his abilities to search for any references to this mysterious entity.…
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Strange Tales #134:The Challenge of…The Watcher!
Cover Date: Jul 1965 | Review: 2 StarsThis story marks the end of the Human Torch (and The Thing) stories in Strange Tales. This final adventure involves The Watcher using his immense power to send the Human Torch and The Thing back to the days of Merlin. Why? Because Kang the Conqueror has traveled back in time to defeat the heroes of…
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Strange Tales #133:A Nameless Land, A Timeless Time!
Cover Date: Jun 1965 | Review: 3.75 StarsAt the end of the prior Doctor Strange story, we saw our hero defeated by the combined might of Baron Mordo and Dormammu. Their devastating attack caused Doctor Strange to fade into darkness, seemingly defeated. But what looks like a final downfall turns out to be an escape. Doctor Strange doesn’t flee through space but…
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Strange Tales #133:The Terrible Toys!
Cover Date: Jun 1965 | Review: 2 StarsIn this tale, our duo is out shopping with their girlfriends when they encounter a strange, lifelike mannequin. While examining it, they meet its mysterious creator. After a tense interaction, he hands them passes to an art exhibit and even invites them to visit his workshop. The catch? This creator is secretly a villain from…
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Strange Tales #132:Face-to-Face at Last with Baron Mordo
Cover Date: May 1965 | Review: 4.75 StarsBuckle up for a magical showdown where every page crackles with sorcery and suspense. As Doctor Strange struggles to evade a watchful enemy, sparks fly when Mordo arrives powered by a familiar dark menace. It’s a dynamic clash fueled by enthralling visuals, leaving you eager to discover what happens next.
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Strange Tales #132:The Sinister Spacetrap!
Cover Date: May 1965 | Review: 0.75 StarsNASA enlists the Fantastic Four to root out a suspected infiltrator, but the story’s underlying mechanics strain credibility. The choice of only one team member for covert work—despite iconic alternatives—indicates a structural mismatch. This narrative tension, combined with hasty artwork, exemplifies the issue’s disjointed storytelling approach and undercuts its potential.
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Strange Tales #131:The Hunter and the Hunted!
Cover Date: Apr 1965 | Review: 1.75 StarsThis story picks up right where the prior issue left off, following Dr. Strange on the run as he attempts to escape Hong Kong. In this issue, we watch Strange fend off the agents of Mordo—both human and shade varieties—foiling their attempts to stop him as he works to leave the city via airplane. Meanwhile,…
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Strange Tales #131:The Bouncing Ball of DOOM!
Cover Date: Apr 1965 | Review: 1.25 StarsThis issue begins with The Thing and The Human Torch navigating a police checkpoint before heading onto a toll bridge. As they learn about a nearby bank robbery, a support cable on the bridge snaps, prompting the duo to leap into action to prevent a catastrophic collapse. Meanwhile, the police manage to apprehend the bank…
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Strange Tales #130:The Defeat of Dr.Strange
Cover Date: Mar 1965 | Review: 4.5 StarsBaron Mordo joins forces with Dormammu, forging a powerful and dangerous alliance that leaves Doctor Strange on the run to protect himself and the Ancient One. As magical duels unfold and tensions rise, this opening chapter sets the stage for a multi-part epic filled with uneasy alliances, escalating peril, and potential betrayals.
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Strange Tales #130:Meet the Beatles!
Cover Date: Mar 1965 | Review: 1 StarsThe Human Torch and Thing find themselves on a quirky adventure involving stolen concert ticket revenue, comic mischief, and an electrifying finale. With low stakes and slapstick humor, this lighthearted tale prioritizes antics over depth, delivering a different but ultimately forgettable story that doesn’t quite live up to its potential.
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Strange Tales #129:Beware… Tiboro! The Tyrant Of The Sixth Dimension
Cover Date: Feb 1965 | Review: 4 StarsThe opening, like many comic intros of the era, makes bold promises about the pages to follow. Who is Tiboro? What dangers will our hero face? These questions set the stage for Doctor Strange’s adventure. Here, we see Doctor Strange refusing an invitation to join a TV panel exploring the supernatural—and a particularly mysterious artifact.…
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Strange Tales #129:The Terrible Trio
Cover Date: Feb 1965 | Review: 1.75 StarsThis story references the events of my last review on Amazing Spider-Man #21, which, honestly, I felt might have worked better as a Strange Tales Human Torch solo story. For that see my last review! While I do think you could read this story on its own, it’s fair to say it clearly assumes that…
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Strange Tales #128 :The Demon’s Disciple
Cover Date: Jan 1965 | Review: 4 StarsThis Strange Tale starts with Dr. Strange arriving home after the conclusion of the multi-part storyline from the previous issue, now equipped with a new cloak and amulet. His arrival is just in time to meet the disciple of a demon—a man who, realizing the error of his ways and who he follows, seeks Dr.…
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Strange Tales #128:Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch
Cover Date: Jan 1965 | Review: 3.5 StarsThis story kicks off with two members of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants—Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver—discussing the possibility of leaving the group. Quicksilver is quite ready to run off immediately, while Scarlet Witch feels a lingering sense of loyalty to Magneto for saving their lives, even if she doesn’t agree with his methods or goals.…
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Strange Tales #127:The Mystery Villain
Cover Date: Dec 1964 | Review: 1.25 StarsWhat starts with a race turns into an adventure involving a race, but I am getting ahead of myself. This issue begins with the three male members of the Fantastic Four engaged in an airborne drag race of sorts, with Torch flying while Thing and Mr. Fantastic fly vehicles. However, things go astray when The…
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Strange Tales #127:Duel with the Dread Dormammu!
Cover Date: Dec 1964 | Review: 5.25 StarsAfter reviewing the story from Strange Tales #126 that featured Dr. Strange, I found my self all to eager to read the second part; to bare witness to the conflict between the Doctor and the Dreaded Dormammu. In fact, in the early pages of this adventure, we learn that this Duel does come with a…
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Strange Tales #126:The Domain Of the Dread Dormammu
Cover Date: Nov 1964 | Review: 4 StarsWhile yesterday I established that the first tale from Strange Tales #126, left me lacking; today we explore the Realm of Darkness and face off against Dormammu himself with none other than Dr. Strange. This story starts off, with The Ancient One summing Strange just a short time after the events of the last story, then informing…
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Strange Tales #126:Pawns of The Deadly Due!
Cover Date: Nov 1964 | Review: 1 StarsThe first story of Strange Tales #126 features The Human Torch and The Thing, but this time with a bit more Fantastic Four support then we are used to. Of course the Duo are taking on another Duo of Former fantastic Four Villains, The Puppet Master and The Mad Thinker. In this story…
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Strange Tales #125:Mordo Must Not Catch Me
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 4 StarsThe tale of Doctor Strange from Strange Tales #125 is one of an epic battle between Dr. Strange and Baron Mordo, his often repeated nemesis. This time Mordo traps The Ancient One first, before attempting to take on Doctor Strange. leaving our hero with the daunting task of fighting Mordo while finding and freeing his…
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Strange Tales #125:The Sub-Mariner Must Be Stopped
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.25 StarsIn Strange Tales #125 we have the Human Torch and the Thing, being there usual rough housing selves; before learning about the approach of the Namor the sub-mariner on the shores of New York. Eager to prove themselves, and impress some reporters whom had just left, they decide to take on the powerful advisory without…
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Strange tales #124:The lady from nowhere
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 3.75 StarsIn this mystic Dr. strange tale, we have a special guest appearance I character not only from history but was also been seen in a previous Marvel comic. In Dr. strange tales so far we have seen him go to Great Plains to help those in need. But this is the first time we have seen…
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Strange tales #124:The Human Torch and The Thing team up to battle the menace of… Paste-Pot Pete
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 1 StarsThe first story in strange tales #124 features the human torch and the thing – starting this issue his permanent partner for this feature – working together the face-off against a newly improved Paste-pot Pete. In this issue to meet up with a recently freed Paste-pot Pete, whom was given early release for helping the…
