Doctor Strange #31

Alan Weiss's cover for this October 1978 issue puts Doctor Strange in immediate peril — flat on his back, a massive blade bearing down on him while a blue-faced, leopard-pelt-clad villain looms overhead with fists raised. In the background, the Savage Sub-Mariner hurls himself into the chaos amid crumbling debris, making good on the cover's bold promise of a co-starring team-up. With a story titled "A Death for Immortality" and a creative team that includes Don McGregor, Roger Stern, Tom Sutton, and colorist Marie Severin, this issue is a fine slice of late-'70s Marvel mystical adventure.