(September 1976)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-06-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860290109
Editing
Roger Stern (reprint editor); Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue presents a reprint of Strangs Tales #138 & 139 stitched together as a single story.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Strange / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Dick Giordano ?; Dan Adkins ?
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Baron Mordo; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Al Milgrom confirmed that he pencilled the cover, but was not aware of who inked it.
Pencils formerly credited to Ron Wilson. Pencils formerly credited to Ed Hannigan.

Giordano inks per Ron Wilson (3 June 2015) via Shaun Clancy. Nick Caputo suspects Wilson is in error and Adkins is the inker. Original indexer credited Frank Giacoia.

Cover Thumbnail for Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #187 Cover Thumbnail for Strange Tales (1973 series) #187 [British]
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If Eternity Should Fail! (Table of Contents: 1)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Eternity; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Clea (unnamed)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

New chapter heading on the final panel of page 9, titled Chapter II “Dr. Strange Faces Doom”, leads directly into the next story sequence and compensates for its missing “splash” page.

Chapter I “Dr. Strange Faces Doom!” (Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original title is “Beware, Dormammu is Watching”. The title for this chapter appears on the final panel of the previous story sequence.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doctor Strange
  2. 1. If Eternity Should Fail!
    Doctor Strange
  3. 2. Chapter I “Dr. Strange Faces Doom!”
    Doctor Strange
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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