Strange Tales #116: Property Damage 24

Written by: Stan Lee

Drawn by: Dick Ayers

Inked by: George Roussos

Lettered by: R. Holloway

The fight moves outside, presumably because they've managed to destroy everything Alicia owns and indoor fighting seems a lot less fun when you can't wantonly destroy the property of your loved ones. Still, they manage to knock a great big hole in the ceiling on their way out.

For most people, having your boyfriend brawling like this with his close friend, doing this much damage, would be a definite deal breaker. Certainly for insurance reasons, even if you did believe the story about your evil mind-controlling stepfather being ultimately responsible. But I guess Alicia has more character than this.

Or, indeed, less...

Check out our coverage of Strange Tales #116 on our twenty-second episode: Going Underground.

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Strange Tales #116: Property Damage 23

Written by: Stan Lee

Drawn by: Dick Ayers

Inked by: George Roussos

Lettered by: R. Holloway

It's back to Strange Tales today, and we find ourselves in the interesting position of having the previous Fantastic Four inker (Dick Ayers) providing pencils, whilst the current inker (George Roussos) provides the inks. It's an interesting mix. I think the Human Torch comes out pretty well, but The Thing seems very off for this point in the 1960s, a strange mix of the rocky exterior with the more organic face from the very early Fantastic Four issues.

The plot (such as it is) involves the Puppet Master compelling Johnny to go and hit on Alicia, and Ben walking in on this. The two heroes fight, causing some fairly major damage to the apartment of a blind woman, whilst she presumably spends most of the time hoping she won't accidentally get hit by something.

As much as Ben loves Alicia, and as short-tempered as he is, surely even he would stop before ripping the door right out of Alicia's wall...

Check out our coverage of Strange Tales #116 on our twenty-second episode: Going Underground.

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