(July 1972)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-04-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #83 March 1972.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
This World Gone Mad!
Doctor Strange / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in The Avengers (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #5 (October 20, 1973) [Black and white.] which is reprinted -
in Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005) [cover] - in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 (2005), #2 (2005)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) (February 2005)
- in Stan Lee Meets Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (December 2006)
- in Stan Lee Meets (Marvel, 2007 series) ([March] 2007)
-
in Marvel Deluxe : Stan Lee (Panini France, 2007 series) #1 (octobre 2007), #1 (octobre 2007) [partially] - in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 [Regular Edition] ([January] 2010), #4 ([January] 2010)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #3 - A Separate Reality (2016)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List.
While the World Spins Mad!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (scenario)
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Inks
- Dan Adkins (credited) (embellishment)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- 948-Z
- Feature Logo
- Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ancient One (supporting); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (featured); Nightmare (antagonist); Dreamstalker (Nightmare’s steed)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Sensing evil, Strange is so focused on seeking it out, he's almost hit by a truck. He calls upon The Ancient One, who warns him of the nature of the evil, but is still mystified. Then he finds himself confronted by someone (or something) who takes his own form, and tells him he's "already defeated". Only when he discovers his oldest enemy is at the bottom of it does he also realize he was hit by the truck-- and has been in a hospital bed ever since! On recovering, he erases the memory of the night's events from the doctor's mind, as "Many things there are that mankind must not know..."
- Reprints
- in Le Fils de Satan (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4 (1er trimestre 1976) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #70/71 ([juin 1977]) [Pages 1 to 10.
N&B [B&W]], #72/73 ([août 1977]) [Pages 11 to 20.
N&B [B&W]] - in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (1979)
- in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (1979)
-
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #2 (Agosto de 1982) - in Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Essential Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 (2005)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) (February 2005) which is reprinted
- in Satan (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4
- in Stan Lee Meets Dr. Strange (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (December 2006)
- in Stan Lee Meets (Marvel, 2007 series) ([March] 2007)
- in Marvel Deluxe : Stan Lee (Panini France, 2007 series) #1 (octobre 2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([January] 2010)
- in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #3 - A Separate Reality (2016)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Satan (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4
-
Indexer Notes
1st episode of the revived series. Doc's previous appearances include MARVEL FEATURE #1 (January 1972) and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #109 (June 1972).
Incredible, Inedible Info to Stun Your Six Senses and Soothe Your Secret Soul!
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]- Synopsis
- Stan Lee explains why no announcements for the Marvel Carnegie Hall show were placed in the comic books. Items: A detailed account of the recent Marvel gala which took place at Carnegie Hall.
Indexer Notes
Stan Lee’s essay. Items. Mini-items. The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Between pages 6-7 of story.
[no title indexed]
Strange Mails / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Steve Englehart ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (thumbnail illustration); Jack Kirby (thumbnail illustration); Ross Andru (thumbnail illustration)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (thumbnail illustration); Chic Stone ? (thumbnail illustration); Sal Buscema (thumbnail illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Special Note: What, you ask? A letters page - in the very first issue of a new series…
Indexer Notes
Letters from Hoy R. Murphy Jr., Rick Nelson, J. J. Friel. Includes a house ad for The Defenders # 1.
Between pages 15-16 of story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
This World Gone Mad!
Doctor Strange -
1.
While the World Spins Mad!
Doctor Strange -
2.
Incredible, Inedible Info to Stun Your Six Senses and Soothe Your Secret Soul!
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox -
3.
["Special Note: What, you ask? A letters page - in the very first issue of a new series…"]
Strange Mails
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- João Clérigo
- Steve Coates
- Ruben Cortes
- Robert K. S. Croy, Sr.
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Andrés Jiménez
- Henry R. Kujawa
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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