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Issue: Doctor Strange #4
Publication Date: October 1974
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Issues: #4 of 81 Issues (184 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
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): Roy Thomas
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In9
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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Doctor Strange Meets... Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Brunner (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Brunner (signed)
Colorist(s): Frank Brunner ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Strange
Character(s): Dr. Strange
Synopsis: Strange falling into cosmic skull.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Centella #21 published September 1975
as ¡Dr. Centella Se Enfrenta a la Muerte! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #3 published December 2007
as Doctor Strange Meets...Death! [Doctor Strange #4] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #5 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as Dr. Strange Meets... Death! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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...Where Bound'ries.... Decay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Englehart (co-plot, script); Frank Brunner (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Frank Brunner
Inker(s): Dick Giordano; Bob Wiacek [as Crusty Bunkers] (uncredited); Neal Adams [as Crusty Bunkers] (uncredited)
Colorist(s): Linda Lessman
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Strange
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Death; Ancient One
Synopsis: Strange confronts Death, takes refuge inside form of Eternity. Strange fears Death no longer, and he dies!! Strange beholds Ancient One, who tells Strange he has won first in series of trials as Sorcerer Supreme. Ankh appears on Strange's forehead.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDoctor Strange: A Separate Reality #[nn] published January 2002
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Centella #21 published September 1975
as Hasta Donde ... Salta lo Podrido [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange / Silver Dagger #1 published March 1983
as ...Where Bound'ries...Decay [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #3 published December 2007
as ...Where Bound'ries...Decay [Doctor Strange #4] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #5 [Regular Edition] published April 2011
as Where Bound'ries Decay [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Some credits not in issue from Englehart and Brunner via email. Bob Wiacek inker credit from Back Issue #19. Wiacek noted on Facebook that this was his first work as a Crusty Bunker.

Overstreet states that Neal Adams did some of the inking in this story. Nick Caputo suspects Neal was involved primarily on the Doctor Strange figures.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Mails
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pages are reversed (2nd page printed before page with masthead); letters from Richard Shapiro, Jana C. Hollingsworth, Tom Murray, Victor Schwartzman, Kim Broadwell, and Norman Lanquist; includes Be a Mighty Marvel Salesperson ad, house ad for Monsters of the Movies #2, and Marvel Value Stamp Series A #33 (Sue Richards, the Invisible Girl).
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Wondrously Witty Words from a Woomful of Wombats!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, house ad for FOOM subscriptions.

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