Strange Tales V-1 #113 Printer/Bindery error question 0

[Dan'el]

I have a copy of Strange Tales V-1 #113 that has the Torch/Plantman story inserted last instead of first in the comic.  It is not an easy glitch to catch since the book reads just fine so it might be a common error.  Only reason I caught it is the comic starts with an ad page so I figured it was missing pages.  Took me a while to puzzle it out.  Has anyone come across that printer/bindery error or know anything about it?  My research has been a bust.   (The comic also says #112 inside instead of #113 but I think they all do.)

[KirbyJack]

That’s a new one to me! Interesting! Haven’t opened my copy in years, I’ll have to check it.

[Mucheee1]

My copy has the Torch/Plantman story first. Indicia shows issue 112, Sept 1963.

[pemart1966]

I'm not getting this.  Do you mean that the entire contents were folded the wrong way and that the book reads back to front?  Photos would be helpful.

[Dan'el]

I am not completely getting this book either.  I attached images of the entire comic.  The Torch story is supposed to be first, followed by the Shanng story and then the Shoemaker story.  This comic leads with the Shanng story, followed by the Shoemaker story, and then the Torch story last.  It looks like the wrap that is the first page and the last page of this comic would have been the centerfold in the normal book.  If that is the case, it looks like that wrap may have been printed backwards.  It should have had the Torch panels on the left and the ad on the right.

(I do not have another copy, so am using the comics online site to compare it.)

The comic actually reads just fine so it would not be that easy to catch for a casual reader unless they had another copy so there could have been a bunch of these and no one noticed.  I only caught it because the comic starts with an ad page so I just assumed it was missing some pages.  That is not the case.  They are all there.

I uploaded the entire comic – any insight would be helpful.  Gives me a headache.

Edited December 22, 2019 by Dan'el
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[pemart1966]

Assuming that it hasn't been re-assembled as a joke at some time in its history, that's one messed up printing job  

[Dan'el]

With close inspection with a magnifier, the staples appear to be original so, if someone reassembled it at some point, they were darn good (why?).  Again, after looking closer, the wraps do all seem to be printed correctly, so the comic was apparently just assembled in the wrong order at the bindery.   Question is, how many were shipped before they caught it and how many are still out there.  So far, I have not heard of another.  Probably one of those weird things that are so scarce that they have no value.  Just a cool curiosity.  Now I've got to track down a correct copy for my collection.