Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1
"Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!" kicks off a classic tale from the early days of the Sorcerer Supreme, featuring the original creative team of Steve Ditko and Don Rico. When a trio of skeptical scientists dismiss magic on live television, their disbelief triggers a supernatural crisis—vanishing mid-broadcast and awakening the malevolent entity Tiboro. With Ditko’s signature surreal art and a haunting cover by Michael Cho, this issue blends cosmic dread with a sharp, grounded premise: the price of arrogance in the face of the unknown.
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A panel of three scientists appear on a TV program, rejecting Dr. Strange as an authority on the supernatural and dismiss magic as superstition. When the lights go out the men vanish and Dr. Strange is summoned. He discerns that the idol they dismissed is a gateway to the dimension of Tiboro, a powerful entity set to attack Earth. Strange travels to Tiboro's land and a fierce battle commences. Strange triumphs and returns to earth with the scientists who intend to expose the truth on TV. The mystic weaves a spell of forgetfulness, returning the men to the point before the lights went out.
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