Strange Tales #12

From the bold March 1988 cover by Whilce Portacio and Terry Austin, Dagger lunges forward in her white costume against a dramatic sky of smoke and fire, while Doctor Strange appears in the lower corner looking shaken — the tagline "Both Dagger & Doc Take Hard Falls" sets the stakes perfectly. Strange Tales #12 spotlights this unconventional pairing of street-level light-wielder and Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme in a story called "Blue Skies," with interior work from the creative team of Terry Austin, Whilce Portacio, and Bob Wiacek. It's a vivid, energetic package that captures exactly what made this dual-feature format such an appealing corner of the Marvel line.