(November 1989)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 024885210248 11
- Editing
- Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)
[NOW: A Jameson Publication]
Doctor Strange / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas (sourced); Butch Guice (sourced)
- Pencils
- Butch Guice (signed as Jackson Guice)
- Inks
- Butch Guice (signed as Jackson Guice)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Morgana Blessing; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Janet Van Dyne; Prince Charles; Princess Diana
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Cover writing credits confirmed by Roy Thomas in an email communication with GCD editor Lou Mazzella on June 13, 2006. Mr. Thomas also suggested in the same communication that some of the cover copy may have been edited by Mike Rockwitz.
That Was Then...This Is NOW
Doctor Strange / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Dann Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)
- Inks
- Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)
- Colors
- Christie Scheele (credited as Max Scheele)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dormammu take that woman!
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Victoria Bentley (cameo); The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (cameo); Morgana Blessing; Imei Chang; Clea (cameo); Dagger [Tandy Bowen] (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Dormammu (cameo); Dracula (death); Eternity (cameo); Nick Fury (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Reed Richards (cameo); Rintrah; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Johnny Storm (cameo); Sue Storm (cameo); Donna Strange (first appearance, flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Tiboro (cameo); Topaz; Sara Wolfe; Wong; Brandon Forsythe (cameo); Dr. Schuyler (cameo); Dr. Green (cameo); Dr. Milsap (cameo); Moebius (cameo); Bela Lugosi (cameo); Arnie Green (cameo)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Haunted house
Indexer Notes
Includes sequences of full-page color art along with text and black & white illustrations in a tabloid format about the history of Dr. Strange from the viewpoint of Morgana Blessing. Dr. Stange's full name is Stephen Vincent Strange; Jonas Salk is Doctor Strange's hero; Donna Strange is 2 years younger than Stephen Strange; Doctor Strange grew up in Nebraska and was voted most likely to succeed.
Strange, but Not Necessarily True! A Guest Editorial
Doctor Strange / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas (sourced) (as J. Jonah Jameson)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Synopsis
- Text piece by J. Jonah Jameson about Morgana Blessing's book "Dr. Strange: The Man - The Myth - The Magic".
- Reprints
The Book of the Vishanti: The Curse of the Darkhold Part 1: The Montesi Formula
Darkhold / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Jean-Marc Lofficier (under joint name R. J. M. Lofficier) (sourced)
- Pencils
- David Day (credited)
- Inks
- Dan Day (credited)
- Colors
- Christie Scheele (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the privacy of his Sanctum Sanctorum, Stephen Strange turns to the Book of the Vishanti...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Falcon [Sam Wilson] (cameo); Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers] (cameo); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (cameo)
Marlene Blackgar (cameo); Miles Blackgar; Blade [Eric Brooks] (cameo); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (cameo); Chthon; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Dracula (death); Dragonus; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (cameo); Father Ramon Joquez (death); Hannibal King (cameo); Morgan Le Fay; Lilith (death); Mad Monk; Magnus (cameo); Modred the Mystic; Laura Russell (cameo); Lissa Russell (cameo); Baron Gregor Russoff (death); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (cameo); Topaz (cameo); Urthona; Rachel Van Helsing; Werewolf by Night [Jack Russell]; Knights of Wundagore; Giuseppe Montesi (death) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The history of the Darkhold and the Montesi Formula, which can either destroy or unleash vampires upon this plane.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Ramon Joquez's first name is misspelled Damon.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[NOW: A Jameson Publication]
Doctor Strange -
1.
Dr. Strange
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2.
That Was Then...This Is NOW
Doctor Strange -
3.
Strange, but Not Necessarily True! A Guest Editorial
Doctor Strange -
4.
The Book of the Vishanti: The Curse of the Darkhold Part 1: The Montesi Formula
Darkhold -
5.
["Flushing out the Criminal Element?"]
Sleeze Brothers -
6.
["There oughtta be a law against comics like this!!"]
Police Academy -
7.
Next Issue
Doctor Strange -
8.
["Flushing out the Criminal Element?"]
Sleeze Brothers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Hunter Johnson
- Lou Mazzella
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Karsten S.
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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