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Doctor Strange #169
Issue(s): Doctor Strange #169
Cover Date: Jun 68
Title: "The coming of... Dr. Strange"
Credits:
Roy Thomas - Writer
Dan Adkins - Penciler
Dan Adkins - Inker
Review/plot:
Strange Tales has been rechristened Doctor Strange and the series begins with an extended retelling of his origin.
Dr. Strange is having a nightmare...
...and feeling guilty about his previous life, wondering if he's really worthy of his current station.
Even though this issue had a lot more space to work with than the original story, it's still not very decompressed. For example, here's a doctor giving Strange the bad news right on the operating table, immediately after surgery.
In any event, there don't seem to be any significant revisions in this telling.
Quality Rating: C
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: At the end of this issue, Strange receives a mental summons from the Ancient One and begins running down the hall to respond. Continues directly in the next issue.
References:
- Most of this issue is a retelling of Strange Tales #115.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: Doctor Strange #21
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Comments
Well there's one unhealthy revision: Stephen really shouldn't be smoking after surgery. Maybe that's part of the karma being felt when he loses his hands...
This issue was heavily criticized back then for Dan Adkins' swiping of panels from EC's "M.D." title from the mid-1950s.
Not to "well actually" you too much, but Strange totally lights up a cigarette while removing his surgical garb in the original origin story in Strange Tales 115. It's a canonical lack of proper hygiene! :D
The fanzine Marvel Mirror #3/4(3/68) also listed these artists that Adkins swiped from:Russ Manning, Alex Raymond, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Al Williamson, Jack Gaughan, and Gil Kane.
