*Marvel: Smiling Stan tested the waters for a fully-fledged return of Captain America with this appearance in the Human Torch story in Strange Tales #114. Spoiler Alert: Of course, this wasn’t the real Cap; as revealed at the story’s conclusion, it was really the Torch’s old foe the Acrobat. But Stan made no bones about testing the water for Cap’s proper return, asking for letters to see if fans wanted the real Cap back. Of course, it was just a short while until Avengers #4, and the rest is history! Speaking of letters, the third ever Dr Strange story appeared as back-up here, in response to fans’ positive reaction to the character in #100 & #111. So, a very significant issue. Pence stamped, solid with good staples and nice pages, only minor edge wear and corner blunting. The cover has two things marring it a little. The distributor used an ugly stamp over the original US price and there is a pencilled ‘6’ central on the cover between Cap and the Torch, although this is not too intrusive; both these defects should be visible on the scan and are taken into account on the grading and pricing. 
PICTURED: STRANGE TALES #114 VG+ p £125 SOLD