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| - This is the first time the Ancient One appears under that name. Previously he had been called "the Master"
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| - The Human Torch Meets... Captain America
- The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo
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* Bentley Castle
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* Sir Clive Bentley
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***** Dr. Strange's
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| Synopsis
| - 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.
- 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 thieves steal the box office receipts 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.
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| - * This issue marks the very first appearance of the Captain America character since the Golden Age of comics.
* 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 .
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| - I've been watching too many scary T.V. movies late at night! I'm beginning to imagine things!
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