(May 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-02-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Eternity, Eternity! (Table of Contents)

Doctor Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko (Eternity); Herb Trimpe ? (Dr. Strange); ? (photograph)
Inks
Steve Ditko (Eternity); Herb Trimpe ? (Dr. Strange); ? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Eternity
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover is a production job of Eternity and Strange figures superimposed over photo of New York City. Possible Trimpe art on Dr. Strange per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Gene Colan on pencils and Tom Palmer on inks.

Eternity is taken from page 5 of Strange Tales #146 (July 1966). Info per John Bacon, August 6, 2008 and Richard Hedge, April 2006.

Cover Thumbnail for Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #180
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Eternity, Eternity (Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...And now, alone he stands in this wondrous, windswept world...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nightmare; Wong; Clea; Eternity; Tom Wolfe (cameo)
Synopsis
Nightmare attacks on New Year's Eve at Times Square. Reveals he has captured Eternity.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four; Silver Surfer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Centre Coin Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Doctor Strange, Master of The Mystic Arts (Table of Contents: 14)

Doctor Strange / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks
Gene Colan (signed)
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wong; Clea; Nightmare; Victoria Bentley
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pin-up page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gene Colan (illustration)
Inks
Tom Palmer (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Famous Artists School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Eternity, Eternity!
    Doctor Strange
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. Eternity, Eternity
    Doctor Strange
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel!"]
    Fantastic Four; Silver Surfer
  6. 5. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  7. 6. The Race to Danger
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  8. 7. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  9. 8. ["Hand control stunt flying plane"]
  10. 9. ["'Check the kind of body you want ...and I’ll show you how easily you can have it' - Charles Atlas"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["Irrelevant items of lasting inconsequence!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co. Catalog
  14. 13. ["I'll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications
  15. 14. Doctor Strange, Master of The Mystic Arts
    Doctor Strange
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Strange Mails
  17. 16. ["Secret muscle building "tools""]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  18. 17. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists School
  19. 18. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Jenner
  • Ken Lemons
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore
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