Doctor Strange #173

(October 1968)

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Doctor Strange / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Tom Palmer (credited) (sourced)

Colors

Tom Palmer

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Clea; Wong; Dormammu; Umar; Victoria Bentley; Dr. Charles Benton

Synopsis

Umar frees Strange, via a suggestion from Clea and Victoria Bentley. Dormammu is defeated by his own vow never to enter the Earth dimension; a curse returns him to the Dark Dimension. Dr. Benton, a former medical colleague, offers a consultant position to Strange.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #5/1974
• in Doktor Strange der Magier (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #5
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #4 (11 Giugno 1970)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #51 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 (2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([March] 2007)
• in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 - I, Dormammu (2023)

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Script

Gary Friedrich ?

Pencils

Dan Adkins (illustrations)

Inks

Dan Adkins (illustrations)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Elaine M. Sciog, Dennis Allen, Henry Kinsey III, Mike Hudak, Achille Di Bacco and, "The Gifted One"; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

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