Marvel Premiere #3

(July 1972)

While the World Spins Mad! (Table of Contents)

Dr. Strange / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)

Pencils:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Inks:

Dan Adkins

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Dr. Strange; The Ancient One; Nightmare

Synopsis:

Sensing evil, Strange is so focused on seeking it out he's almost hit by a truck. He calls upon The Ancient One, who warns him of the nature of the evil, but is still mystified. Then he finds himself confronted by someone (or something) who takes his own form, and tells him he's "already defeated". Only when he discovers his oldest enemy is at the bottom of it does he also realize he was hit by the truck-- and has been in a hospital bed ever since! On recovering, he erases the memory of the night's events from the doctor's mind, as "Many things there are that mankind must not know..."

Reprinted:

• in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn
• in ESSENTIAL DR. STRANGE (Marvel 2001 series) #2 (2005)
• in Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #4
• in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]
• in STAN LEE MEETS DR. STRANGE (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (November 2006)
• in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #70/71 [Pages 1 to 10]
• in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #72/73 [Pages 11 to 20]
• in Satan (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4
• in Marvel Deluxe : Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1

Indexer Notes

1st episode of the revived series. Doc's previous appearances include MARVEL FEATURE #1 (January 1972) and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #109 (June 1972).