Featuring: Dr. Strange
Release: June 9, 1966
Cover: September 1966
12 cents
Magical editing by Stan Lee
Mystic script by Denny O’Neil
Mysterious art by Bill Everett
Makeshift lettering by Artie Simek
10 pages
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“…he will be punished for whatever dark deeds he has committed! I, Dr. Strange, vow it!”
“Enough! Your babbling is that of a callow schoolboy, Disciple!”
Finally, Dr. Strange is starting to get the cover slot sometimes.
You can see my own copy of the cover has seen better days.
For this issue, O’Neil copies the structure of X-Men #12. That structure didn’t work then and this won’t either.
In the X-Men story, Juggernaut is attacking the X-Men, but rather than prepare, Professor X insists the X-Men must first know his entire life story, instead of just telling them the relevant bits.
Same idea here. Kaluu has just attacked and stolen the Book of the Vishanti. The Ancient One will keep stressing how urgently they must stop him. But first he thinks he needs to tell Dr. Strange his entire life story.
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