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This is the regular first-print edition (Cover A). Collect the 1 variant cover on their own pages.
Market value
Market value (all grades)
- Low
- $14.06
- Mid
- $130
- High
- $176
Updated 9 Oct 2026
- Graded copies for sale
- $55.00 - $1,080
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 7 Oct 2026
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CGC Census
329
Total graded
0
9.8 NM/MT
20
8.0 VF
Reprinted 13x
Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military.
Cover date
January 1, 1963
On sale date
October 9, 1962
Pages
36
Cover price
$0.12
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
S.L
Price history
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Penciller
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Cover Artist
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski] (introduction)
superhero
Collected in
- Spellbound #45
- Marvel Tales #6
- Terrific! #37
- Where Monsters Dwell #10
- The Human Torch #4
- Essential Human Torch #1
- Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1
- Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1
- The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection #[nn]
- Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2
- Secrets of the Unknown #32
- Sinister Tales #16
- Amazing Stories of Suspense #81