Issue(s): Doctor Strange #56
Cover Date: Dec 82
Title: "A mystic reborn!"
Credits:
Roger Stern - Writer
Paul Smith - Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Al Milgrom - Editor

Review/plot:
In this issue, Morgana Blessing arranges an interview between Dr. Strange and a camera crew doing a documentary on the occult.

Wong and Sara Wolfe have misgivings about Strange agreeing to the publicity. It turns out, however, that the crew is really a group of old enemies of Strange, and he knew it all along. They are Demonicus (previously referred to as just 'The Demon'), Adria, and Kaecilius, former minions of Baron Mordo.

Some of the issue is padded with Strange recounting his origin story, and the rest is Strange tormenting the lesser mystics as they try to flee his mystical house...

...and wind up trapping themselves in the Purple Dimension.

Despite what could have felt like a filler issue, it doesn't actually devote too much space to the origin retelling, and Stern's writing and Paul Smith's art are both great. The issue ends with Strange and Morgana Blessing spending a little alone time, but they're not shown getting too serious.

Quality Rating: B

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References:

• Dr. Strange's origin from Strange Tales #115 is recounted here, among other scens.
  
• One of the evil mystics previously appeared in Strange Tales #128.
  
• The three evil mystics previously appeared together in Strange Tales #143.
  
• Morgana was previously used by Baron Mordo to get at Dr. Strange in Doctor Strange #50, and now three of Mordo's former minions have pulled a similar trick.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A