Doctor Strange
#173
(October 1968)
Marvel,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1968-07-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Zenith Books, Inc.
- Brand
- Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 22, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1968. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B474865.
...While a World Awaits!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Colors
- Tom Palmer
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Clea; Wong; Dormammu; Umar; Victoria Bentley; Dr. Charles Benton
- Synopsis
- Umar frees Strange, via a suggestion from Clea and Victoria Bentley. Dormammu is defeated by his own vow never to enter the Earth dimension; a curse returns him to the Dark Dimension. Dr. Benton, a former medical colleague, offers a consultant position to Strange.
- Reprints
-
in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #4 (11 Giugno 1970) -
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #51 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 (2005) - in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([March] 2007)
-
in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #5/1974 -
in Doktor Strange der Magier (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #5
-
Indexer Notes
Palmer credits per interview: http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/palmer.shtml
Items Of Incredible Import To Illuminate Your Interest, Invigourate Your Imagination, And Intoxicate Your Id!
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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Doctor Strange -
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...While a World Awaits!
Doctor Strange -
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Items Of Incredible Import To Illuminate Your Interest, Invigourate Your Imagination, And Intoxicate Your Id!
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
[no title indexed]
Strange Mails -
4.
Another Marvel Masterpiece!
The Avengers
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