Strange Tales #9 [Newsstand]

(December 1987)

The Luminous Lady (Table of Contents: 1)

Cloak and Dagger / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Terry Austin (credited)

Pencils

Bret Blevins (credited as Brett Blevins) (breakdowns)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited) (finishes)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Ken Bruzenak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sun sets almost reluctantly over the island of Manhattan,

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cloak [Tyrone Johnson] (also in flashback); Dagger [Tandy Bowen] (also in flashback); Day [Anthony Zerbe] (first appearance); Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Mr. Jip; Night [Lea C. Farr] (first appearance); Paco; Manuel

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Introduction of Mr. Jip, who will become a major villain.

Reprints

• in Cloak and Dagger: Predator and Prey (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
• in Cloak and Dagger Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2021)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Strange Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bob Bonner, John Cavano, Rich Rice, Ricky Freedman and Aaron Atwood.

African Genesis! (Table of Contents: 3)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Gillis

Pencils

Terry Shoemaker

Inks

Randy Emberlin

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Bill Oakley

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The village is dying, perhaps dead.

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Kaluu

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Doctor Strange: Strange Tales (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Indexer Notes

with Kaluu, as this sequence spans several issues.

Pro File on: Ralph Macchio (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile / in-house column / 1 page (report information)