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Issue: Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn]
Publication Date: September 1997
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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On Sale Date: 1997
Volume: none
Pages: 260
ISBN:
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Price: $35.00 CAD
$24.99 USD
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Content Items: 35 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Originally published in 1974 with different content.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Cover, Front
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Digital Edition
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Claudio Castellini (signed)
Claudio Castellini (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Origins of Marvel Comics
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake; Thor Odinson]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm]]
Reprinting
FlagWiz #27 published January 1998
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
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Prologue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
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If One Is Good, Four Will Be Better

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
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7
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Fantastic Four #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby
George Klein
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four: Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; monster from Monster Isle
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FlagFantastic Four #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1961
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Fantastic Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Mayor of Central City
Dr. Reed Richards takes his friends on a rocket trip that changes their lives forever.
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FlagFantastic Four #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1961
was The Fantastic Four! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Moleman [Mole Man; Harvey Elder] (intro and origin); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Monsters of Monster Isle
Atomic plants disappear all around the world. Reed Richards pinpoints a place which is at the same distance from them all: Monster Isle.
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FlagFantastic Four #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1961
was The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Moleman's Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Moleman; Harvey Elder] (origin); Monsters of Monster Isle
Having captured the Fantastic Four, Moleman recounts how he discovered his underground kingdom.
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FlagFantastic Four #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1961
was The Moleman's Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Reprinting
 
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1
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Fantastic Four #243

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Byrne (signed)
John Byrne (signed)
?
Rick Parker ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Galactus; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
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FlagFantastic Four #243 [Direct] published June 1982
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Shall Earth Endure?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Byrne
John Byrne
John Byrne
Glynis Wein
Jim Novak
Jim Salicrup (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frankie Raye [Nova]; the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Edwin Jarvis; Terrax (villain); Galactus (villain); J. Jonah Jameson (cameo); Robbie Robertson [Joe Robertson] (cameo)
Terrax has pulled the island of Manhattan into space and threatens to crash it into Galactus' spaceship unless the FF agrees to destroy the world eater. Galactus and Terrax battle and the big G takes his herald powers away. Fatigued from the battle, Galactus prepares to eat earth but the FF and their allies battle him and take him down.
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FlagFantastic Four #243 [Direct] published June 1982
was Shall Earth Endure? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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There Shall Come a Jolly Green Giant

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk
Reprinting
 
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8
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The Incredible Hulk #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby ?
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk
The Hulk; Bruce Banner; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was Is He Man or Monster or... Is He Both? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Hulk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Paul Reinman
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross [Thaddeus E. Ross] (introduction); Igor (introduction)
Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy, Rick Jones, from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was The Coming of the Hulk, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 3: The Search for the Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 3
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 4: Enter...the Gargoyle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 4
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 5
 
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk
Reprinting
 
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1
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The Incredible Hulk #372

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dale Keown
Joe Rubinstein
?
?
Bobbie Chase
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk
Green Hulk; Grey Hulk; Bruce Banner
Reprinting
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #372 [Direct] published August 1990
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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He's Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Peter David
Dale Keown
Bob McLeod
Glynis Oliver
Joe Rosen
Bobbie Chase (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (Grey and Green, also in flashback); Prometheus; Betty Ross Banner (also in flashback); General Thunderbolt Ross [Thaddeus E. Ross] (cameo flashback)
Bruce sneaks into the nunnery to contact Betty but, after accidentally hearing her confession, realizes her life is better without the Hulk. Betty decides to leave the order and Bruce tries to follow her. The Green Hulk rips out of Banner (literally) when he is attacked by Prometheus, keeping him away from his wife. Against all odds, Bruce and Betty are re-united.
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk #372 [Direct] published August 1990
was He's Back [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The World's Best-Selling Swinger

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Reprinting
 
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9
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Amazing Fantasy #15

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Steve Ditko
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar
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FlagAmazing Fantasy #15 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Spider Man [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Spider-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (introduction, origin); Ben Parker (introduction); Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson (introduction); Liz Allan (introduction); May Parker (introduction); the Burglar
Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilities of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him, his uncle Ben is later killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.
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FlagAmazing Fantasy #15 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Reprinting
 
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Spider-Man #1, August 1990

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Credits
Todd McFarlane (signed)
Todd McFarlane (signed)
?
?
Jim Salicrup
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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FlagSpider-Man #1 [1st Printing, Direct Edition] published August 1990
was Torment Part One of Five [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Torment Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Bob Sharen
Rick Parker
Jim Salicrup (original editor )
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Lizard (villain); Kraven (cameo); Calypso (cameo)
Lizard goes on a rampage and Spidey investigates with the help of his advantageous web-lines.
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FlagSpider-Man #1 [1st Printing, Direct Edition] published August 1990
was Torment Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Original issue has 23 pages of story indexed. This reprint only has 19 pages of story.
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Meanwhile, Back in Asgard

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Reprinting
 
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Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Journey into Mystery #83]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Kirby
Joe Sinnott
?
Artie Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake; Thor Odinson]; Kronans
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FlagJourney into Mystery #83 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1962
was Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Thor the Mighty, and "The Stone Men from Saturn!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)
Jack Kirby
Joe Sinnott
?
Art Simek
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake; Thor Odinson] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg
A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
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FlagJourney into Mystery #83 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1962
was The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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First appearance of Thor, Don Blake and Gorr, origin of Thor.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Reprinting
 
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1
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Thor #380

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor [Thor Odinson]; Midgard Serpent
Reprinting
FlagThor #380 [Direct Edition] published June 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Mjolnir's Song

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Sal Buscema
Christie Scheele [as Max Scheele]
John Workman
Ralph Macchio (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor [Thor Odinson]; Midgard Serpent (death)
It is a battle of mythic proportions between Thor and the Midgard Serpent with the fate of the world in the balance.
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FlagThor #380 [Direct Edition] published June 1987
was Mjolnir's Song [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story is told in nothing but one page splash pages.
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Mainly About a Master of the Mystic Arts

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Doctor Strange
Reprinting
 
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Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko
?
Terry Szenics
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (introduction); Wong (introduction, unnamed); Ancient One [Yao] (introduction, called "the Master"); Nightmare (introduction)
Doctor Strange is called on by a man having bad dreams, and confronts Nightmare. The man’s dreams reveal that he is guilty of fraud and Strange makes him confess.
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FlagStrange Tales #110 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1963
was Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Origin of Dr. Strange

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko
?
Sam Rosen
Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (origin); Ancient One [Yao]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (origin)
Doctor Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help. He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose.
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FlagStrange Tales #115 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1963
was The Origin of Dr. Strange [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Doctor Strange
Reprinting
 
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1
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Doctor Strange #56

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Smith [as PMS] (signed)
Paul Smith [as PMS] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Reprinting
FlagDoctor Strange #56 [Direct Edition] published December 1982
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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A Mystic Reborn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Roger Stern
Paul Smith
Terry Austin
Bob Sharen
Jim Novak
Al Milgrom (original editor)
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Morgana Blessings; Wong; Sara Wolfe; Adria [Sylvia Nettlebaum]; Kaecilius [Joe Crocker]; Demonicus [Tyrone Lewis]; Ancient One [Yao] (flashback); Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (flashback); Loki (cameo); Dormammu (cameo); Silver Dagger (cameo); The Hulk (cameo); Princess Clea (cameo); Eternity (cameo)
Demonicus, Adria, and Kaecilius attempt to attack Doctor Strange in his mansion, but are captured by Adria's misuse of the Purple Dimension.
Reprinting
FlagDoctor Strange #56 [Direct Edition] published December 1982
was A Mystic Reborn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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A retelling of the origin of Doctor Strange.
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Epilogue

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Origins of Marvel Comics
Reprinting
 
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