Strange Tales 1951 #121 - 7.5 - $53.00

• First cover: Baron Mordo

After improving his plant ray, The Plantman captures Johnny to get him out of the way while he pulls a robbery. After, Doris, worried about her father, begs Johnny to stop the villain. They have a duel at the Botanical Gardens...with predictable results.

A phone call lures Strange away in his ectoplasmic form, so Baron Mordo can steal his body. Knowing that if the two are not reunited in 24 hours Strange is doomed, Mordo places a spell over the body so Strange cannot return to it. Using his amulet to retrace Mordo's steps, he finds Mordo, and his own body, in a wax museum. Tricking Mordo into fighting him in his ectoplasmic form, Strange turns the tables by trapping Mordo outside his body, and with Mordo held thus, is able to return to his own. Mordo warns Strange his unwillingness to finish him will be his undoing.

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.

• Prisoner of the Plantman!; Witchcraft in the Wax Museum - Corrected art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Original indexer credited Ditko with inks for the upper part and pencils for the lower.
• Prisoner of the Plantman! - Second appearance of Plantman; last appears in issue #113 (October 1963) and next appears in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966). Plantman redesigns his costume in this episode, going from "mystery man" to "super-villain" in style.
• Witchcraft in the Wax Museum! - This is the fifth appearance of Baron Mordo; he last appears in issue #117 (February 1964) and next appears in issue #125 (October 1964). Doctor Strange guest-stars in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #27 (June 1964) shortly after this story.
• Now on Sale - promo fot the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) includes cover repro. Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story. This shares the page with the statement of ownership.
• Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962?September 1963 (issues #104?115): 189,160/321,212. Paid circulation/print run for issue #115: 190,820/317,493. This shares the page with the promo.
• The Salesman - Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed after the Dr. Strange story.