The Doctor Strange Readathon

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Doctor Strange #183 Nov 1969
First appearance of the Undying Ones in "They Walk By Night!"
Kenneth Ward, explorer and old friend of Strange, discovers idol of the Undying Ones.



Strange defeats 3 demons who want the idol.

Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer

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Sub-Mariner #22 Feb 1970
"The Monarch and the Mystic!"
Returning home to Atlantis, Namor has his ability to breath underwater restored to him by Ikthon.
During the process he is contacted by Dr. Strange telepathically, who asks for his aid in stopping the Undying Ones,
demons from another dimension who centuries ago once ruled over man, until man defeated them.

Traveling to Kenneth Ward's house, Namor is greeted by someone claiming to be his daughter Joella.
With her aid, Namor finds the idol of the Undying Ones.
However it turns out that Joella is really a demon in their thrall. Dr. Strange appears and the two defeat her.
However her pet cat also is a demon and uses the idol to open a portal to unleash the Undying Ones on Earth.

Battling the Undying One's leader as he passes through the portal, Namor begins to weaken.

However Strange conjures up a water spell to revitilize the undersea monarchs strength.

The two manage to fight the leader of the Undying One's back into his own realm.
Taking the fight there, they soon become over powered, and Dr. Strange
sends Namor back to the Earth-dimension and sealing himself in the portal.
Back on Earth, Namor returns to his kingdom in the sea.

Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Marie Severin, inks by Johnny Craig

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Incredible Hulk #126 Apr 1970
"Where Stalks the Night-Crawler"
Exhausted after his battle with the Absorbing Man, Bruce Banner's unconscious body is picked up by a cult led
by Van Nyborg in order to be a vessel they send into another dimension to free their masters the Undying Ones.
Although Banner refuses to do so, the cultists use their magic to send him into the realm of the
Night-Crawler, a being who rules over a universe that is next to the realm of the Undying Ones.

When member Barbara Norriss has second thoughts about what they are doing,
she too is tossed into the universe with the Hulk.
Meanwhile, after Banner changed into the Hulk, the Hulk battles the Night-Crawler.
In the ensuing battle, the Hulk's thunderclap sends back the
Night-Crawler's sonic beams, destroying the entire universe.
The Night-Crawler transports himself, Hulk and Barbara into the universe of the Undying Ones.
Battling the Nameless One and its minions, the Hulk and Barbara find that Dr. Strange has been
holding back the forces of the Undying Ones with a spell that required a human host to stay in said realm.

Barbara -- feeling guilt over what the members of her cult had done -- takes Strange's place to keep the
Undying Ones in their realm, fulfilling Van Nyborg's plan to make her a sacrifice, but not in the way he had in mind.

Strange and Hulk are then returned to New York City.
Strange gives Banner a new set of clothes, and both leave Dr. Strange's sanctum.
Strange has decided that he needs time away to be
Stephen Strange again, and the two go their separate ways.

Script by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe

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Strange Tales #132 May 1965
"Face-to-Face at Last With Baron Mordo!"
Dr. Strange reaches his Greenwich Village home safely but discovers one of Mordo's followers has taken over his sanctum;

In a hidden cave in Tibet The Ancient One's servant questions the meaning of his ailing master's word "Eternity";

Strange bluffs his way into his sanctum but when he attempts to consult the All-Seeing Eye he discovers it's been booby-trapped,

sending a signal to Mordo and Dormammu of his whereabouts.

Script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko

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Marie Severin, co-creator of the Living Tribunal

From Strange Tales #157 June 1967
http://comicsalliance.com/marie-severin-art-gallery/

I'd love to see the live action version of the Living Tribunal marvel character appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the future.

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At 1:26 Wong stands in for the Living Tribunal...

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Why Is Dr Strange Still Wearing The Eye of Agamotto

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Here is the Spider-Man No Way Home Trailer but
based around the 90s Spider-Man Animated Series

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to Feature 616 Universe in Insane Way Reportedly

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Strange Tales #133 Jun 1965
"A Nameless Land, a Timeless Time!"
After escaping from Mordo, Strange plummets thru dimension after dimension, finally coming to a stop in a world ruled by Shazana,

a female tyrant who once conned a wizard into giving her some of his powers, which she repaid by destroying him;

Believing her sister has recruited Strange to overthrow her she battles Strange.

Script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko

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Shazana...an evil tribute to DC's Zatanna perhaps?

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What If...? is the marvel cinematic multiverse in full force so I find an
Illuminati consisting of members of marvel characters from different universes to be highly likely..

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Doctor Strange 2 LEAKED Wanda vs X-Men Fight..

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I'm most familiar with Sorcerer Supreme, having read the full series 3-4 times now. That was "my" Doc, as it was the book I read growing up.

That said, I've jumped around through the various eras and read a little bit of everything. My second favorite run is probably Stern's early 80's material.

Well, the gameplan is to eventually read that run ... though, of course, it will be a little while.

As will be the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness...May 6 2022