#231: September 1974 - "A Separate Reality"

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Stories Covered in this Episode: 


"Where Darkness Dwells, Dwell I!" - Thor #229, written by Gerry
Conway, art by Rich Buckler and Chic Stone, letters by John
Costanza, colors by Linda Lessmann, 1974 Marvel Comics


"The Sky Above... The Pits Below!" - Thor #230, written by Gerry
Conway, art by Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott, letters by John
Costanza and Charlotte Jetter, colors by Stan Goldberg, 1974
Marvel Comics


"Through an Orb Darkly" - Doctor Strange #1, written by Steve
Englehart, art by Frank Brunner and Dick Giordano, letters by
John Costanza, colors by Glynis Wein, 1974 Marvel Comics


"A Separate Reality" - Doctor Strange #2, written by Steve
Englehart and Frank Brunner, art by Frank Brunner and Dick
Giordano, letters by John Costanza, colors by Frank Brunner, 1974
Marvel Comics


"... Where Bound'ries Decay" - Doctor Strange #4, written by
Steve Englehart, art by Frank Brunner and Dick Giordano, letters
by Tom Orzechowski, colors by Linda Lessmann, 1974 Marvel Comics


"Cloak and Dagger" - Doctor Strange #5, written by Steve
Englehart and Frank Brunner, art by Frank Brunner and Dick
Giordano, letters by Tom Orzechowski, colors by Bill Mantlo, 1974
Marvel Comics


 


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