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Cover: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #16
“The Return of the Mole Man!”
writer Stan Lee · artist Steve Ditko · inker Geo. Bell · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Art Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist Steve Ditko
inker Geo. Bell
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Dick Ayers
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Three followers of Mordo attack Strange in his sanctum. After dispatching them, he uses the Eye of Agamotto and his amulet to contact his mentor, but to no avail! Mordo appears saying he's captured the Ancient One. In their ectoplasmic forms, a running battle begins that takes them halfway around the world, until Strange locates his mentor in a half-hidden jungle somewhere in Tibet. The battle continues, until the light of Strange's amulet forces Mordo to give in and free the Ancient One. With Mordo apparently beaten "for a long time," Strange heads back to NYC.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).