Doctor Strange #44 [Direct]

(December 1980)

Duel of Fire! (Table of Contents: 1)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Dan Green

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Jim Novak

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Doctor Strange; Clea; Wong; Bayan the Silver Fox; Shialmar the Shadowqueen (also in flashback, dies); Kan (in flashback); Vung (in flashback); Jehan (in flashback); The N'Garai (in flashback); Sara Wolfe

Reprints

• in Docteur Strange (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #7 - Défi maléfique (juin 1983)
• in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #28 (Gennaio 1992), #29 (Febbraio 1992)
• in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([July 2009])
• in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 (2017)
• in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #5 - The Reality War (2021)

Keywords

Cloak of Levitation; exorcism; Eye of Agamotto; Majaedong; New York City; occult; Sanctum Sanctorum

Indexer Notes

Strange conjures the Shield of the Seraphim, the Winds of Watoomb. Shialmar conjures the Crystals of Cyndriarr, the Daggers of Daveroth, the Flames of the Faltine, a Bolt of Bedevilment. Clea conjures the Rings of Raggador and invokes Oshtur and the Vishanti in blessing. Strange invokes the Tetragrammaton, the Great Unmanifest in spellcasting.
Wong is adept with a bo staff and with a bow.