Strange Tales #126 for Sale - First Appearance of Clea - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series)
Issue: #126
Publication date: November 1964
Key date: 1964-11-00
On-sale date: 1964-08-11
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Clea - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dormammu - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Pawns of the Deadly Duo!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Dormammu First, Doctor Strange, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Mad Thinker, Phillip Masters, Puppet Master, René Rodin, Johnny Storm, Stephen Strange, The Thing
1	Pawns of the Deadly Duo!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Dick Ayers; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mad Thinker, Phillip Masters, Mister Fantastic, Puppet Master, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, René Rodin, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky
3	The Domain of the Dread Dormammu!	comic story	10	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Ancient One, Clea First, Dormammu First, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #17	1968	On eBay ›
Doctor Strange #3	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #23 ISBN 0-87135-915-4	1992	On eBay ›
Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains #[nn] ISBN 0-671-22355-0	1976	On eBay ›
Essential Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-0816-5	2001	On eBay ›
Essential Human Torch #1 ISBN 0785113096	2003	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 ISBN 0-7851-1180-8; 978-0-7851-1180-1	2003	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #2 ISBN 0-7851-1737-7	2005	On eBay ›
Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #[1] ISBN 0-671-81447-8	1978	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #125126 of 168#127 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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