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Issue: Doctor Strange #170
Publication Date: July 1968
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Issues: #170 of 15 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/02/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 22, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1968. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B474867.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagDoctor Strange Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2021
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To Dream...Perchance to Die!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nightmare
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #60 published November 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #2 published January 2005
as Doctor Strange #170 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Nightmare, the monarch of magical menace returns
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Tired of being 'skinny'?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
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To Dream-- Perchance to Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One; Nightmare
Synopsis: Battle against Nightmare within the mind of the Ancient One.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #6 [Regular Edition] published January 1975
as To Dream-- Perchance to Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #2 published January 2005
as To Dream -- Perchance to Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Severin colors confirmed on stat.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Shamed by your English?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering free booklet on "How to Gain a Good Command of English"
Between story pages 3 and 4.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing]; Iron Man; Thor; Spider-Man; The Avengers; [Captain America; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]; The Hulk
First Line: Marvel super-hero T-shirts
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts ($1.60 each), sweat shirts ($3.15 each), and the Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit ($1.00 each). Between story pages 6 and 7.
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First Line: Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 6 and 7.
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Missile Firing Tank

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Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.
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[untitled]

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First Line: We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for U.S. coin catalog.
Between story pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: You can now become an expert with forbidden oriental fighting arts
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for martial arts book sent in plain wrapper, $3.98.
Between story pages 15 and 16.
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Shop By Mail; Stamps

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Subject Matter
First Line: Okay! Okay! Stop nagging us! Here it is — an autographed copy of... Stan (the man) Lee
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books, between story pages 18 and 19.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Doctor Strange
First Line: The second Golden Age of Marvel is here! (And you didn't even bake a cake!)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes: Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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Subject Matter
First Line: Magic world of surprises & mystery
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items on upper half of page.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for selling Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co. on lower half of page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Niles Blackmore; Joel Rothaizer; Luke Andrews; Bjorn Gasmann; Martin Butner; John McNichols; Weber Lau; Gene Wallace
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for the premiere issue of The Spectacular Spider-Man magazine (Marvel, 1968 series)
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: 3 complete fishing outfits
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.
Inside back cover.
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Subject Matter
First Line: 132pc. Roman soldiers set
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for toy soldiers.

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