Strange Tales #117, page 12, panel 6
strange tales #117: flame on 58
Written by: Stan Lee
Illustrated by: Dick Ayers
Lettered by: Art Simek
Silly Eel. His asbestos grease has rubbed away, meaning that Johnny can easily save himself from the shark tank that he was about to be dumped into. The Eel even had barrels of asbestos grease lying around nearby as well.
I genuinely hoped that The Eel had been one of the many villains killed by The Scourge at The Bar With No Name. I was surprised to find out he had been killed off several years previously in the Ghost Rider books. I doubt he was mourned...
Check our our coverage of Strange Tales #117 on our twenty-third episode: (Asbestos) Grease Is The Word