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Doctor Strange 1st Series #177

By: Marvel Comics

Type: Comic

Product Line: Doctor Strange Comics and Graphic Novels (Marvel Comics)


Product Info

Title
Doctor Strange 1st Series #177
Publisher
Category
Author
Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gene Colan
Publish Year
1969
Dimensions
6.75x10.5x.2"
NKG Part #
2148104754
Type
Comic

Description

1st appearance of Doctor Strange's Blue Costume Form

"The Cult and the Curse"

The Sons of Satannish have taken Doctor Strange's cloak and amulet, and exiled him and Clea to a hostile dimension. A "protoplasmic shape" captures Clea, who cannot cast spells. Strange pursues it after escaping one himself.

Meanwhile, Asmodeus has the Book of the Vishanti, but it vanishes, as do the cloak and the amulet. He and the Sons of Satannish use the Trance of Transferal, which gives the cultists' powers to Asmodeus. As thanks, he sends them to oblivion. He then takes the form of Doctor Strange.

Back in the alien dimension, Strange frees Clea from the shape. During a brief rest, we find that he cast invisibility on his amulet and transferred much of his power into his cloak, expecting that he would lose the first encounter with the cult. He let the cultists take illusory doubles of both items.