- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (credited)
- Inks
- Gene Colan (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Michael Heisler (credited as Heisler); Jim Novak (credited as Novak)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me..."
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Lendell Maddox (death); Dr. Rena Butler (death); Jim (death); Carrie Marie Butler (infant daughter of Rena Butler and Jim); Azrael (crystal entity); Tom; Sam
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Dr. Rena Butler and her archaeology crew discover a crystal entity that was formed from the magical residue of spells. Rena sacrifices herself to help Doc seal off the entity that wants to destroy all mankind.
- Reprints
Doctor Strange has a toy gargoyle on his answering machine phone.