Doctor Strange #11

Shadowplay!" arrives in December 1975 with a cover by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia that packs genuine tension into every corner — Doctor Strange in his full Sorcerer Supreme regalia faces a gauntlet of looming specters from his own past, their hollow eyes and crackling mystical energy pressing in from all sides. The tagline "A Mind Gone Mad!" and the challenge of whether Strange can overcome these grim shadows of his history make this a compellingly moody chapter in his ongoing saga. Steve Englehart and Gene Colan were crafting some of Marvel's most atmospheric supernatural storytelling in 1975, and this issue's cover alone signals that Strange's mastery of the Mystic Arts is about to be tested in deeply personal ways.