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Series: Essential Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2001 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 2001
Key date: 2001-12-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $15.95; 23.95 CAD
Pages: 612
Barcode: 978078510816051595; 759606108169
ISBN: 0-7851-0816-5

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Tommy Chu
1	Black Page	blank page(s)	1
2	Essential Dr. Strange Vol. 1	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo
3	Table of Contents	table of contents	3.5	letters: typeset
4	Reprint Credits	credits, title page	0.5	letters: typeset
5	Strange Tales #110	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers
6	Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!	comic story	5	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Terry Szenics; editing: Stan Lee	Dr. Strange (Intro); Wong (Intro; Dr. Strange's servant; unnamed in this story); Ancient One (Intro; Dr. Strange's mentor; called the Master in his early appearances); Nightmare (Intro; villain)
7	Strange Tales #111	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers
8	Face-to-Face with the Magic of Baron Mordo!	comic story	5	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Terry Szenics; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo (Intro; villain)
9	Strange Tales #114	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers	Captain America impostor
10	The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo!	comic story	5	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Victoria Bentley (Intro; woman with latent mystic powers; returns in Strange Tales #161)
11	Strange Tales #115	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko	Spider-Man
12	The Origin of Dr. Strange	comic story	8	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo
13	Strange Tales #116	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos	Thing
14	Nightmare World!	comic story	8	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Nightmare
15	Strange Tales #117	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos
16	The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!	comic story	8	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo
17	Strange Tales #118	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: George Roussos, Steve Ditko	Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Dr. Strange
18	The Possessed!	comic story	8	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee
19	Strange Tales #119	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos
20	Beyond the Purple Veil!	comic story	8	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee
21	Strange Tales #120	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos	Iceman
22	The House of Shadows!	comic story	9	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee
23	Strange Tales #121	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko
24	Witchcraft in the Wax Museum!	comic story	9	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo
25	Strange Tales #122	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: George Roussos, Steve Ditko	Dr. Doom
26	The World Beyond	comic story	9	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Nightmare
27	Strange Tales #123	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos	Thing; Thor; Loki
28	The Challenge of Loki!	comic story	9	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: George Roussos; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Loki; Thor; Odin
29	Strange Tales #124	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko, Frank Giacoia
30	The Lady from Nowhere!	comic story	9	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: George Roussos; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Cleopatra
31	Strange Tales #125	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia	Sub-Mariner
32	Mordo Must Not Catch Me!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: George Roussos; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo
33	Strange Tales #126	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone
34	The Domain of the Dread Dormammu!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Dormammu (Intro; villain); Clea (Intro; denizen of Dormammu's domain who becomes Dr. Strange's ally, and in later stories, his lover; unnamed in her early appearances)
35	Strange Tales #127	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Chic Stone, Steve Ditko
36	Duel with the Dread Dormammu!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
37	Strange Tales #128	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia	Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver
38	The Demon's Disciple!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee
39	Strange Tales #129	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone
40	Beware... Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Don Rico; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee
41	Strange Tales #130	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone
42	The Defeat of Dr. Strange	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu
43	Strange Tales #131	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bob Powell, Steve Ditko; inks: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko
44	The Hunter and the Hunted!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu
45	Strange Tales #132	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
46	Face-to-Face at Last with Baron Mordo!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
47	Strange Tales #133	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
48	A Nameless Land, a Timeless Time!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
49	Strange Tales #134	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia	Watcher
50	Earth be My Battleground	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
51	Strange Tales #135	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia
52	Eternity Beckons!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
53	Strange Tales #136	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: John Severin, Steve Ditko
54	What Lurks Beneath the Mask?	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Clea (unnamed); Dormammu; Baron Mordo; Dr. Strange; Abu Ben Hakim; The Aged Ghenghis
55	Strange Tales #137	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin
56	When Meet the Mystic Minds!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	The Ancient One; Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo
57	Strange Tales #138	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: John Severin
58	If Eternity Should Fail!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Dr. Strange; Eternity (first appearance); Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Clea (unnamed)
59	Strange Tales #139	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott
60	Beware...! Dormammu Is Watching!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
61	Strange Tales #140	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott
62	The Pincers of Power!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
63	Strange Tales #141	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia
64	Let There Be Victory!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
65	Strange Tales #142	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
66	Those Who Would Destroy Me!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee
67	Strange Tales #143	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
68	With None Beside Me!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Roy Thomas; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee
69	Strange Tales #144	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
70	Where Man Hath Never Trod!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Roy Thomas; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Dormammu; Clea (unnamed)
71	Strange Tales #145	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
72	To Catch a Magician!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Denny O'Neil; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee
73	Strange Tales #146	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko
74	The End -- At Last!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Denny O'Neil; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Dormammu; Clea (name revealed); Eternity; Baron Mordo
75	Strange Tales #147	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers
76	From the Nameless Nowhere Comes... Kaluu!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee, Denny O'Neil; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Kaluu (Intro; villain); Clea; Baron Mordo; Dormammu (flashback); Eternity (flashback)
77	Strange Tales #148	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett
78	The Origin of the Ancient One!	comic story	10	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Ancient One (origin revealed); Kaluu (origin revealed)
79	Strange Tales #149	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito
80	If Kaluu Should Triumph...	comic story	10	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Kaluu
81	Strange Tales #150	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett
82	The Conquest of Kaluu!	comic story	10	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Kaluu; Umar (Intro; villain; Dormammu's sister); Clea
83	Strange Tales #151	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jim Steranko
84	Umar Strikes!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Umar; Clea; Dormammu (flashback); Eternity (flashback); Baron Mordo (flashback)
85	Strange Tales #152	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett
86	Into the Dimension of Death!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Umar
87	Strange Tales #153	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Frank Giacoia
88	Alone, Against the Mindless Ones!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Umar; Clea
89	Strange Tales #154	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin
90	Clea Must Die!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Umar; Clea
91	Strange Tales #155	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko
92	The Fearful Finish -- !	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Umar; Clea
93	Strange Tales #156	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin
94	Umar Walks the Earth!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Umar; Zom (Intro; villain)
95	Strange Tales #157	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko
96	The End of the Ancient One!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Zom; Living Tribunal (intro)
97	Strange Tales #158	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Bill Everett
98	The Sands of Death	comic story	10	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Living Tribunal
99	Strange Tales #159	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko	Captain America
100	The Evil that Men Do...	comic story	10	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo
101	Strange Tales #160	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Marie Severin, Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins
102	If this Planet You Would Save!	comic story	10	script: Raymond Marais; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo
103	Strange Tales #161	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko	Captain America
104	And a Scourge Shall Come Upon You!	comic story	10	script: Raymond Marais; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Victoria Bentley (last seen in #114); Nebulos (Intro; villain)
105	Strange Tales #162	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins
106	From the Never-World Comes... Nebulos!	comic story	10	script: Jim Lawrence; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Baron Mordo; Victoria Bentley; Nebulos
107	Strange Tales #163	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko
108	Three Faces of Doom!	comic story	10	script: Jim Lawrence; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Nebulos; Living Tribunal
109	Strange Tales #164	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins
110	Nightmare!	comic story	11	script: Jim Lawrence; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Yandroth (intro; villain); Victoria Bentley
111	Strange Tales #165	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Frank Giacoia
112	The Mystic and the Machine!	comic story	11	script: Jim Lawrence; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Al Kurzrok; editing: Stan Lee	Yandroth; Victoria Bentley
113	Strange Tales #166	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins
114	Nothing Can Halt... Voltorg!	comic story	11	script: Jim Lawrence; pencils: George Tuska; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Yandroth; Victoria Bentley
115	Panel Enlargement	illustration	1
116	Strange Tales #167	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko
117	This Dream... This Doom!	comic story	11	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Yandroth; Victoria Bentley
118	Strange Tales #168	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins
119	Exile!	comic story	11	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Dan Adkins; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Yandroth; Victoria Bentley
120	Reprint Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
121	Stephen Strange is Dr. Strange	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Tommy Chu	Dr. Strange; Clea; Dormammu

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