(January 1989)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1988-09-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
024885210248 01
Editing
Carl Potts (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #149.

As If Inferno Wasn't Enough -- More Demons Over New York! (Table of Contents)

Doctor Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Golden ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (with Dormammu inhabiting his body)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits and indicia, with illustration of Dr. Strange.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being! (Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Gillis (credited as Peter B. Gillis)
Pencils
Richard Case (credited as Rich Case)
Inks
Randy Emberlin (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My meaner ministries are done -- my high charms work...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Clea (also in flashback); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (also in flashback); Dormammu (also in flashback); Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo); Dr. Druid [Anthony Druid] (cameo); Hercules (cameo); Illyana Rasputina (cameo); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo); Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen] (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Topaz (also in flashback); Umar (cameo); Urthona (flashback); Sara Wolfe; Wong (also in flashback); Agamotto`s disciple (cameo); Louise (cameo); Dire Wraith
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Dormammu has taken over Doc's body and calls the other black sorcerers to follow him. Doc, Clea, and Topaz fight Dormammu so that Doc can have his own body back.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dormammu puts the Baxter building in a time pinch; Doc in the body of a female rat from last issue; phonetic spellings of major names used in Doctor Strange comics listed.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. As If Inferno Wasn't Enough -- More Demons Over New York!
    Doctor Strange
  2. 1. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme
  3. 2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being!
    Doctor Strange
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard