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This great silver age Marvel title STRANGE TALES was very exciting both for the continuity of storyline and the use of the artist. Coloring and even placement of word balloons is an art! Exceptional inking & pencils. Incredible stories! Both Dr. Strange (by Ditko or Gene Colan) and Nick Fury (which I especially loved when illustrated and written by Kirby, Steranko and Lee) are among my favorite comics -- ever. Surprisingly this series remains undervalued. Incredibly great comics! First series -- originals, graded accurately, are now available here. I have doubles of a few issues. Get em while they are hot! And when the films come out these comics can only increase in value.) Tune in for Tales to Astonish, Tales of Suspense and Journey Into Mystery. Silver Age Marvel's here in future ads (will add links). Visit my webpage to see more comics for sale. r.gustaveson@comcast.net Read Dr. Strange article below. |
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| Old Comics For Sale | All First Series and 1st prints | ||||
| Strange Tales #103 | 1962 Larry Leiber, Jack Kirby; Dick Ayers. Some wear. Looks nice. |
No Dr. Strange in this issue.
$29. to $375.00 in Overstreet |
There is a Ditko Fantasy Story though! | VG $58.00 | |
| Strange Tales #127 | Ditko on Dr. Strange | Lee, Ayers art, Reinman on Torch / Thing half | VG+ $25. | ||
| Strange Tales #128 | 3 bends, wear at bottom of spine, Ditko Dr. Strange | Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver mutants Dick Ayers Thing Torch FF members star in 1/2 the comic | |||
| Strange Tales #129 | Ditko on Strange, Thing Human Torch | vg Dick Ayers | $29.00 | bend | |
| Strange Tales #132 |
Ditko Dr. Strange; Human Torch & Thing |
VG+ | 1965 | ||
| " | Dup | VG | $30. | ||
| Strange Tales #133 | Human Torch & The Thing: Powell /Demeo, Ditko: Dr. Strange | $30. High Grade, small ding bottom right corner | |||
| Strange Tales #134 | Thing/Torch: Watcher, Bob Powell/Wallace Wood art! | Steve Ditko on Dr. Strange | VG or better, minor wear $30. | ||
| Strange Tales # 138 | dup | vf/exFine | inquire | ||
| Strange Tales # 138 | Kirby/Severin; Ditko Dr. Strange | vg+ | $25.00 | ||
| Strange Tales #139 | Strange by Ditko, Kirby /Sinnott on Shield | vg | $25.00 | ||
| Strange Tales #139 | Fine/VF dup | ||||
| Strange Tales #140 | The End of Hydra 1966 Jack Kirby / Don Heck Joe Sinnott inks | w.d. (water damage) Great color and gloss though | Awesome Dr. Strange VG + | ||
| Strange Tales #142 | Chip top of cover Kirby art dup, Overall tight! Ditko on Dr. Strange | ||||
| Strange Tales #142 | Kirby /Demeao; Steve Ditko | ||||
| Strange Tales #142 | 1966 dup 1st print High Grade Personal Collection, minor wear, tiny chip back cover, still Extra Fine or better; Jack Kirby Penciller!!!! | Ditko on Dr. Strange | High Grade $25. or higher | P | |
| Strange Tales #144 | Ditko, Kirby/ Purcell | vg+/+ | $25.00 | ||
| Strange Tales #144 | " Dr. Strange, Shield, nice cover too | ExFine/NM | $40.00 | ||
| Strange Tales #145 | Ditko, Kirby/Heck | $25.00 | |||
| Strange Tales # 145 | Kirby - Heck, Ditko | center loose | silver age | ||
| Strange Tales #145 | " Dup | ExFine | $30.00 | P | |
| Strange Tales #146 | Last Ditko on ST, Nick Fury SHIELD by Jack Kirby/Heck | NFS | vg++/F | ||
| Strange Tales #146 | Dup | Last Ditko -- great!! | $25.00 | ||
| Strange Tales #148 | Minor stress vertically at spine but overall this is a Extra Fine copy -- or better. Minor wear. Like new luster and bright vivid color. | Everett Dr. Strange Cover & interiors, Jack Kirby helps with writing and Kirby/Heck illustrate the Shield half of the comic. | $27.00 or higher | P+ Persoanl Collection | |
| Strange Tales #149 |
VG + or better Kirby Layouts "The End Of AIM" Art by Ogden Whitney. 1966 Silver Age |
Bill Everett Art | Tag inside cover, writing top splash small pen, | ||
| Strange Tales #150 | Personal Collection Kirby BUSCEMA on Shield, Severin on Dr. Strange | VF/ExFine some yellowing otherwise really nice | Inquire | ||
| Strange Tales #151 | Kirby/ Steranko Cover & Interiors; | Bill Everett on Dr. Strange (Exceptional work by this Golden Age Artist) | |||
| Strange Tales #156 | Great Gloss and Color, Marie Severin on Dr. Strange, water damage stains on back cover, The best Steranko on Shield ever! | Looks nice VG/++ | $18. | ||
| Strange Tales #150 |
Dr. Strange Everett Kirby Buscema SHIELD |
g/vg | 1966 | ||
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Strange Tales #150 |
Kirby Layout/John Buscema; Bill Everett | VF |
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| Strange Tales #151 | Kirby/Steranko; Golden Age Bill Everett on Strange, one bend | Fine or better | |||
| Strange Tales #153 | Thomas, Jack Kirby/Jim Steranko on Shield/Nick Fury Cover by Sternako lean and mean. Grease pencil, chip, minor wear. | Wear top of cover small area still overall looks Fine VG+ | Nice Gloss and color | Dr. Strange by Severin | |
| Strange Tales #154 | Thomas, Lee, Steranko on Shield, lower staple missing when published Overall tight and clean, few small bends, grade is VG+/Fine or better, nice gloss and color. | Severin's Dr. Strange is strangely compelling. | |||
| Strange Tales #157 | Steranko Cover Shield, Sterano Art on Nick Fury inside!!! Quality; Marie Severin Dr. Strange Art | Some yellowing and wear back cover, chips, flaking | VG or better nice gloss and color $18.00 | ||
| Strange Tales #161 | Starts getting perfect here. Steranko's best work in this time period on Shield/Fury. | Even minor wear FINE or better great gloss ad color, beautiful work. | Dan Adkins on Doc Strange | 1967 A+ for Content (SHIELD) | |
| Strange Tales #164 | Steranko; Adkins | rip back cover middle big | g++/vg | ||
| Strange Tales #166 |
Steranko Nick Fury |
VG+ | 1968 | ||
| Doctor Strange #170 | wear, w.d., VG (Looks VF) | Dan Adkins controversial art, great cover, 1968 | |||
| Dr. Strange #171 | Begins all Dr. Strange | vg+/F+ | $38.00 | ||
| " | Dup | Tom Palmer art Fine, Adkins cover, minor wear | |||
| Dr. Strange #172 | Gene Colan Dormmamu | VG+/F | $35. |
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Dup | WOW Quality art | $45.00 | ||
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Dr. Strange #173 |
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VG+/fine | hard grader meaning most are in better shape than stated | $38.00 | |
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Dr. Strange #173 |
Colan Art | VF/ExFine++ | $40. | ||
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Dr Strange #174 |
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Fine |
nice color |
$38.00 | |
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Dr Strange #174 |
Roy Thomas Gene Colan |
Fine-; bent corner |
nice color $25.00 |
wrinkles bottom right cover |
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| Dr. Strange #175 | Gene Colan entirely --awesome art! | Super High Grade. Some stress lines but otherwise ExFine+ or better!!!!! | Sharp, tight, great gloss and color. Excellent lok. | $38.00P | |
| Dr. Strange #176 | Gene Colan Art!!! | ExFine +++ | $40. | ||
| Dr. Strange #177 | Colan art nice | fine, minor wear | $38.00 | ||
| Dr. Strange #177 | Colan | VF/ExFine | $40. | ||
| Dr. Strange # 178 | Gene Colan Black Knight wow | ExFine | $40. | ||
| Dr. Strange #179 | Interiors Reprint of Dr. Strange STEVE DITKO Annual #2 | VF or better, minor wear, nice gloss and color | $38.00 | ||
| Dr. Strange #180 | Gene Colan nice art and story |
Entirely Dr.Strange |
vf |
$40.00 | |
| " Duplicate | Eternity Palmer inks wonderfully! | VF or better | $35.00 | ||
| Dr. Strange #180 | Gene Colan nice art and story |
Entirely Dr.Strange |
f/vf |
$25.00 | |
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Dr. Strange #181 |
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VF+ |
$40.00 | ||
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Dr. Strange #182 |
Colan art nice, Juggernaut |
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vg |
$39.00 | |
| Dr. Strange #182 | 1962 dup all 1st prints | Marvel | $35.00 | ||
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Marvel Premiere #3 |
Dr. Strange Master Of The Mystic Arts | Barry Windsor Smith | Fine or better | Nice Art | |
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Marvel Premiere #4 |
" | Barry Smith and Frank Brunner WOW! | Fine or better | " | |
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Marvel Premiere #5 |
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Marvel Premiere #8 |
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Dr. Strange #1 in his own series! |
Signed by the Artist of this issue Frank Brunner; Autographed my comic at an event I threw | $55.00 | Fine, wear, sub fold 1974 | One bend | |
| Doctor Strange #4 | Frank Brunner art: also signed by the artist (at my old store) | Awesome, Nice shape VF or better | $50.00 | ||
| Doctor Strange #4 unsigned | Frank Brunner Art | few bends | $15. | ||
| Doctor Strange #5 Autographed | " | ||||
| Doctor Strange #7 | Gene Colan | Bend | |||
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Doctor Strange #8 |
VF/NM | ||||
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Colan | wear at spine minor | $8. | ||
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Doctor Strange #9 |
Gene Colan interiors | ||||
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Doctor Strange #10 |
Colan art (great) | Fine | $8.00 | ||
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Doctor Strange #11 |
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Doctor Strange #12 |
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Doctor Strange #13 |
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Doctor Strange #14 |
" | vg | bends $7.50 | Dracula | |
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Doctor Strange #15 |
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Dr. Strange was always a good guy Mystical Super Hero type but Dr. Stephen Strange wasn't.
Coming from Atlas Comics (Pre-Marvel -- post Timely) of the 1950's -- the fantasy series by Ditko and Kirby appealed greatly to most of my friends and acquaintances (in my Comic / SF circles) growing up. The natural evolution of this form -- Strange Tales the fantasy comic series-- became Strange Tales the Super Hero series.
Once Thing and Human Torch took over it wasn't long until Dr. Strange became a wondrous back up event. (For me the main course).
But Stan Lee originally called Dr. Strange master of black magic. Unfortunately black magic is evil (consequences of those who practice it are intensely severe ((the evil they do comes back to them at least 3 times -- they can hide but not forever))). Luckily Stan changed Dr. Stephen Strange's nomenclature to The Master of the Mystic Arts.
Stephen Strange was a greedy surgeon who lost his ability to operate on patients after a tragic car accident. He then sought help from the Ancient One living in the Himalayan mountains. Finally he becomes a metaphysical metaphysician.
Dr. Strange's practice of the occult* (it means hidden knowledge*) leads him on many wonderful fun adventures.
Without the inspiration of Steve Ditko and Gene Colan and others Strange would not have been as great as he was and is. Truly a marvelous creation.
The short TV series did not do him justice. (But was better than nothing -- and at some levels it captured a small percentage of the feel of some of the early Dr. Strange comics.
Still if I had a desire it would be to create a Dr. Strange film and bring him to life in a combo of animation, special effects and as an actual live action movie).
Dr. Strange discovered God in Eternity and merged with him (Later the character, Eternity, was cheapened, I feel).
Dr. Strange only practiced White Magic during the 1960's. In the 1990's he practiced techno magic (whatever that is).
The Master of Mystic Arts is a great character. Be sure to start with Ditko's version for full appreciation of this astounding character.
Marvel comic artist Marie Severin says the Kabala (Cabala --Jewish Mystical System) was a source of material for certain issues of Dr. Strange that she worked on.
But what did Stan Lee, Steve Ditko & Gene Colan tap into? What made Marvel & Dr. Strange so great?
Dr. Strange meditates and sits in a lotus position. (Dr. Strange 3rd series #49 see cover and many other issues.)
Dr. Strange and rock stars often hold their hands in the gesture of the anti-evil eye. In sign language it means: "Love." (Probably depends on which hand one holds up).
So if you need advice on where to begin reading or collecting send me an email. I recommend starting with Strange Tales #110 -- 146 (most of) which contain Steve Ditko's Dr. Strange!
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Beyond Fantasy and SF:
Note: A Guru is a darkness dispeller...(If your Spiritual leader does not dispel darkness then he or she is not a spiritual leader.)
One must be wary of glorification in the little self (ego -- aka persona).
Harvey Kurtzman was a Yogi (I think). Yoga means Union.
There are many forms of Yoga and Meditation.
Meditation means God Contact in Stillness Deep with focus upon the Divine One (aka) "I die daily."
There is a Psychic and Mystical side to unusual performances in sports.
Then of course there is the idea and then there is the practice of it. Some things cannot be attained via intellectualizing about it. They must be experienced first hand. To emulate the teachings of the great masters is superior to preaching about it, obviously. In this world of maya (illusion) where we live -- this then is the battle. Do you choose ego (and the slavery that comes with it) or Spiritualized Soul (that which you really are).
Truth Will Set You Free. Spirit is Truth (naught else is).
This article © Copyright 2002, 2006 -- Robert Gustaveson all rights reserved.
1-13-2002, 12-2002, 10-2003, 10-2006, June 27,2009
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Jim Steranko cover art, Marie Severin interior art. Inhumans. |
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Eternity (Old Marvel's version of "God.")
Ditko art I buy it
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Religion was made by Man for Man.
True Spirituality Lived is far superior
to religion and all belief systems. --RG
