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Issue: Doctor Strange #1
Publication Date: June 1974
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Issues: #1 of 81 Issues (193 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 03/12/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #104, March 1974.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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FlagMesteren #[nn] published January 1985
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It Lurks within the Crystal Ball!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Synopsis: Strange pulled into Orb of Agamotto by serpent.
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In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange / Silver Dagger #1 published March 1983
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange: A Separate Reality #[nn] published January 2002
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #3 published December 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #3 published December 2007
as It Lurks within the Crystal Ball! [Doctor Strange #1] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #5 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as It Lurks Within The Crystal Ball! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #5 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as It Lurks Within The Crystal Ball! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Doctor Strange #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Through an Orb Darkly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): hookah-smoking caterpillar
Synopsis: First appearance of Silver Dagger, who infiltrates the Sanctum Sanctorum, throws silver dagger into Strange's back, and takes the Eye of Agamotto amulet and Clea. Strange is pulled into necromantic Orb of Agamotto. He meets a cryptic hookah-smoking caterpillar.
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In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange: A Separate Reality #[nn] published January 2002
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange / Silver Dagger #1 published March 1983
as Through an Orb Darkly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #3 published December 2007
as Through an Orb Darkly [Doctor Strange #1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #5 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as Through An Orb Darkly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Editorial about price increase to 25 cents; letters from Harper, John Harshman, Alan Rothman, and Brian E. Cook; includes Marvel Value Stamp Series A #23 (Sgt. Fury) and house ad for The Haunt of Horror #1.
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Monumental Memos of Chillers, Thrillers, and Fillers!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, house ad for Giant-Size Chillers #1.

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