CATALOG RECORD

Doctor Strange #55

Marvel · Series began 1974 · October 1982

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Dates

Cover date: October 1982
On sale: June 29, 1982
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #55 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition60¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860291410 · shared with another edition
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Newsstand edition60¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860291410 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Michael Goldeninks: Michael Golden, Terry Austinscript: Roger Sterncolors: Bob Sharenletters: Jim Novak

Stories

"To Have Loved...and Lost!" · 21 pages
Depressed at being abandoned by Clea, Dr. Strange's fragile emotional state provides an opportunity for the demon D'Spayre to trick Strange into killing himself, claiming Strange is nothing more than a comic book character.

Publisher’s description

Dakimh the Mystic seeks to cure Strange of his heartache by forcibly dragging him on an astral quest that shows Stephen what would have happened had he not trained in the mystic arts.

Characters

Stephen StrangeDoctor StrangePatsy WalkerCleaHellcatWongBrunnhildeValkyrieBaron MordoDaimon HellstromAncient OneGargoyleSon of SatanSara WolfeIsaac ChristiansD'Spayre

Reprinted in

The Very Best of Marvel Comics (1991), Essential Doctor Strange (2001), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003), Marvel-Verse: Doctor Strange (2021), Doctor Strange (2023)