Volume: 1
Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
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Asrael, Agent of Death!
Asrael, Agent of Death!
Doctor Strange
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Doctor Strange
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cover /
1
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| Pencils: | Bob Layton (signed as BOB LAYTON  ) |
| Inks: | Bob Layton (signed as BOB LAYTON ) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: |
- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Keywords:occult Universe:Marvel : mainstream
Characters:
Reprints (4)
Indexer Notes
The adversary's name is misspelled "Asrael" on the cover only.
This issue has 1 variant
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
- Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Printer: ?
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Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Dawn of Death!
Dawn of Death!
Doctor Strange
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comic story /
18
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Doctor Strange
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comic story /
18
pages
| Script: | Chris Claremont (credited) |
| Pencils: | Gene Colan (credited) |
| Inks: | Ricardo Villamonte (credited) (pages 1-4) Dan Green (credited) (pages 5-18) |
| Colors: | Bob Sharen (credited) |
| Letters: | Mark Rogan (credited) |
- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Job Number:LF 36
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lord Phyffe -- I have come for you!!
- Keywords:Adirondack Forest Preserve; Bleecker Street; car chase; Cloak of Levitation; Eye of Agamotto; Greenwich Village; International Herald Tribune; occult; Paris; Sanctum Sanctorum; Seine; Seven Gates of Chaos; surgery Universe:Marvel : mainstream
Characters:
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Azrael(Julian Phyffe dies then becomes Azrael, the Angel of Death)
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Baron Mordo(astral projection)
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Madeleine de St. Germaine(also in flashback)
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Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange](also in flashback)
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in Docteur Strange (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #5 - L'ange de la mort (octobre 1982) [Pages 1-18] -
in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #24 (Settembre 1991) -
in Essential Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 (2009) [black and white] - in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 (2017)
- in Doctor Strange Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #5 - The Reality War (2021)
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Reprints (5)
Indexer Notes
Artist page identification 2005 by Steven Tice.
Story continues in Man-Thing (Marvel, 1979 series) #4, and concludes in Doctor Strange #41.
Strange conjures a Shield of the Seraphim, a water element, the Winds of Watoomb, the Images of Ikonn, the Flames of the Faltine, the Rings of Raggador. Phyffe conjures a Bolt of Bedevilment and the Crimson bands of Cyttorak. Strange mentions the Hounds of Hoggoth in exclamation and the Vishanti in praise and prayer.
Strange mentions he's been neglecting his exercises lately.
Editing
Table of Contents
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Issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Juan Gonzalez
- Darrel McCann
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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