Strange Tales 1951 #120 - 5.5 - $35.00

• First app: Captain Barracuda

Johnny's riled because a newspaper compares Iceman (of The X-Men) to him. On a cruise liner, Bobby tries to pick up Doris, until Johnny arrives. Before the potential rivalry goes too far, The Barracuda (a modern-day pirate) and his men arrive and take over the ship. Johnny & Bobby team up to stop them.

Strange is on the scene to observe a TV crew as they prepare to enter & broadcast about a "Haunted House". Strange discovers something is amiss, as he is unable to enter via his spirit form. When the signal goes dead, Strange enters the house physically, and uncovers a surprising secret... the house is alive!

A dull salesman gets some zing from a famous clown's laughing powder, but learns that confidence is its own magic.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• The Torch Meets the Iceman! - Barracuda next appears in Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #10 (February 1969).
• The House of Shadows! - The phrase, "The house is alive" is reportedly one of the things Roger Corman said in order to convince his bosses at AIP to allow him to film Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"(1961). The origin of the house is strikingly similar to the one in "The Outer Limits" episode, "The Guests".
• Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! - Promo for Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (May 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #26 (May 1964) including cover reproductions.
• The Salesman - Continues in next issue.