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Issue: Strange Tales #186
Publication Date: July 1976
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Issues: #186 of 20 Issues (33 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860290107
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman; Roger Stern (reprint editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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The Fury of the Ancient One!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Ancient One
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Esposito inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Frank Giacoia.
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What Lurks beneath the Mask?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange
Character(s): Clea (unnamed); Dormammu; Baron Mordo; Dr. Strange; The Aged Genghis; Hamir; The Ancient One
Synopsis: Dormammu imprisons Clea, and tells her she will witness Strange's defeat. Mordo tells Dormammu that Strange is searching for "Eternity", and cannot understand why this upsets the dark lord so. Strange continues his search, going from one practitioner of the arts to another without result, until The Aged Ghenghis tells him only he and The Ancient One know the secret. He gives him a scroll, which leads Strange to a being imprisoned in another dimension, which he barely escapes. Back in Tibet, Strange tells his master's servant the only option left is to enter the mind of his master...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #92/93 published April 1979
as Que cache ce masque? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #136 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1965
was What Lurks Beneath the Mask? [Story on Interior Page(s)]with one page omitted
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Page 3 panels 6-8 and page 4 panels 1-5 are not reprinted
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When Meet the Mystic Minds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Dr. Strange
Character(s): The Ancient One; Dr. Strange; Hamir (unnamed); Baron Mordo
Synopsis: Desperate to learn the secret of "Eternity", Dr. Strange probes into the unconscious mind of The Ancient One, meeting one deadly trap after another, until at last, he reaches the mind of his beloved Master, and convinces him of his identity and good intentions. After recovering, Strange departs, and high atop a Himalayan peak, recites "one of the most potent spells of all time". When he's finished, his amulet floats into the air, expands in size, and a doorway opens-- thru which Strange steps. Seconds after the amulet vanishes, Mordo appears, just barely too late to catch up with his enemy.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #137 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1965
was When Meet the Mystic Minds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus the title page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The title page is not reprinted.

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