Comics:Strange Tales Vol 1 114edit

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Appearing in "The Human Torch Meets... Captain America"

Featured Characters:

• Human Torch

Supporting Characters:

• Invisible Girl

Villains:

• Acrobat

Other Characters:

• Doris Evans
• Captain America (Appearance in flashback only)

Locations:

• Glenville
• Bentley Castle

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Synopsis for "The Human Torch Meets... Captain America"

After a training session with his sister, the Human Torch learns of an antique car show which boasts that Captain America. While there seeing his childhood idol, some theives steal the box office recipts for the show, and Torch and Captain America manage to stop them, however Cap tells the Torch to go away, and steals all the glory.
Later that night "Cap" springs the crooks out of jail, when the Torch learns of this he goes after the criminals, after a chase across the city, the Torch manages to catch "Captain America" and unmasks him, revealing him to be the Torch's old foe the Acrobat. Afterwords, the Torch wonders what became of the real Captain America.

Appearing in "The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo"

Featured Characters:

• Dr. Strange

Supporting Characters:

• The Ancient One

Villains:

• Baron Mordo

Other Characters:

• Victoria Bentley (First appearance)
• Sir Clive Bentley (In an illusion or vision)

Locations:

• Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum
• Bentley Castle

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Synopsis for "The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo"

Karl Mordo calls on Dr. Strange disguised as Strange's old friend Sir Clive Bentley and asks for help. Strange travels to Bentley's castle in England. Inside the castle Strange is trapped by the paralyzing vapors of Mordo's magical candles. The Ancient One contacts Dr. Strange, but Strange wish to overcome Mordo alone. He issues a mental command to a nearby girl to come to the castle and extinguish the candles. The girl is actually Victoria Bentley daughter of Lord Bentley who has been dead for ten years. Mordo returns, attacking Strange with his mental powers and orders Strange to kill Victoria who possesses a latent mystical talent. Just then Strange arrives in his mortal form. it was only his projected image that had been in the castle until then. Strange and Mordo do battle in a mystical dimension until Mordo gives up and disappears.

Notes

• The Human Torch story was written to test readers interest in a return of Captain America, who would later make a return in Avengers #4
• Dr. Strange reappears in Strange Tales for his third story after a lacuna of two issues.
• Dr. Strange story is reprinted in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Pocket Books).
  

Trivia

This is the first time the Ancient One appears under that name. Previously he had been called "the Master"

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Recommended Reading

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