Strange Tales #165

Name: Strange Tales #165
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Feb 1968 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Behold the Savage Sky!”

In "Behold the Savage Sky!", Doctor Strange ventures through a hidden underground tunnel only to face a deadly disintegrator ray—just as his battle with the sorcerer Yandroth escalates into a mind-bending clash of magic and machinery. With Dan Adkins handling art, inks, and writing alongside Jim Lawrence, and Jim Steranko’s striking cover capturing the moment’s intensity, this 1968 Marvel classic delivers a high-stakes showdown where Strange’s spirit flees his body, leaving his physical form vulnerable to Yandroth’s Ultra-Spectrum Laser and the looming threat of the lightning-powered Voltorr.

writer Jim Lawrence · writer, artist, inker Dan Adkins · letterer Al Kurzrok · cover Jim Steranko

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Cast · 9 characters

Doctor Strange Dum Dum Dugan Fritz Von Voltzmann Karl von Horstbadden Nick Fury Plan Chu The Yellow Claw Victoria Bentley Yandroth

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writer Jim Lawrence

writer, artist, inker Dan Adkins

letterer Al Kurzrok

cover pencils, inks Jim Steranko

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Strange continues thru the underground tunnel until he comes to a large set of doors. Upon getting them open, he finds a "Disintegrator" ray is waiting for him. After he takes it out with the "Flames of Faltine", Yandroth realizes his magic is more "potent" than he "calculated", and uses an "Ultra-Spectrum Laser" to incinerate Strange's brain! But as Yandroth gloats to the imprisoned Victoria, he doesn't realize that Strange is not dead, but has mentally left his body. Things soon come down to a running fist-fight, until Yandroth summons "Voltorr"-- a large lightning-wielding robot!

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).