Strange comic books issue 55

Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Jack-In-The-Box," art by Mac Pakula; An ivory hunter regrets opening a tribal witch doctor's jack-in-the-box when inside it contains the spirit of the Elephant God. "Octopus!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Tony DiPreta; In 1980 a ship finds itself menaced by an octopus made gigantic by atomic bomb tests so a call is made to the past to shoot all nearby octopi and save the ship in a future time. "What Goes On Down There?", art by John Giunta; Underground invader's resolve to conquer the surface world fails when they realize that after millions of years adapting to life underground they are no bigger than ants. "The Spirit of '76," art by Joe Maneely; A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era. "Earth-Trap!", art by Robert Sale; The guardian of the force of gravity takes a vacation from the center of the Earth and gets hoodwinked by a phony medium attempting to demonstrate telekinesis so he goes back to the gravity controls and turns them up a notch and no one can move. "Man Without Fear!", script by Carl Wessler, art by George Roussos; A soldier's ghost demonstrates the bravery that the man never could in life. "The Threat From the Void," art by Paul Reinman; In the days of the cold war Jupiter sends a threat to Earth, close to achieving space travel technology, warning them if another global war breaks out Earth shall have to be destroyed. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Direct Edition. Cover art by Michael Golden. "To Have Loved...and Lost!", script by Roger Stern, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Terry Austin; Still lamenting the loss of Clea, Dr. Strange sequestered himself to his quarters and refuses to eat or talk to either Wong or Sara Wolfe about his feelings; After being haunted by an illusion of Clea, he is visited by Dakimh the Mystic, who forcibly takes Strange's astral form on a vision quest to see what the world would be like if he had never trained in the mystic arts; Taken to the temple of the Ancient One, Strange's master dismisses Dr. Strange as merely another ghost come to haunt him; Strange then suddenly finds himself bound in a straitjacket in an insane asylum; In Times Square, hes horrified to see that Doctor Strange is apparently a fictional character and is swarmed by fans of the latest Dr. Strange movie. Behold Clea! illustration by Michael Golden. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.60.

Newsstand Edition. Cover art by Michael Golden. "To Have Loved...and Lost!", script by Roger Stern, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Terry Austin; Still lamenting the loss of Clea, Dr. Strange sequestered himself to his quarters and refuses to eat or talk to either Wong or Sara Wolfe about his feelings; After being haunted by an illusion of Clea, he is visited by Dakimh the Mystic, who forcibly takes Strange's astral form on a vision quest to see what the world would be like if he had never trained in the mystic arts; Taken to the temple of the Ancient One, Strange's master dismisses Dr. Strange as merely another ghost come to haunt him; Strange then suddenly finds himself bound in a straitjacket in an insane asylum; In Times Square, hes horrified to see that Doctor Strange is apparently a fictional character and is swarmed by fans of the latest Dr. Strange movie. Behold Clea! illustration by Michael Golden. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.60.

"The Gorilla Who Challenged the World," "Movie Men From Mars," "A World Destroyed!" (art by Joe Kubert; 2 pages), "The Day the Sun Exploded" (pencils by Gil Kane), and "The Invisible Spaceman!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Infinity Crusade crossover. Cover art by Geof Isherwood. World Enough, And Time..., script by Geof Isherwood (Co-Plot) and Roy Thomas, art by Geof Isherwood; Dormammu is so afraid of The Goddess that he tries to convince Doc to allow himself to be used as Dormammu's conduit to this dimension; Story continued from Infinity Crusade #2 and continues in Infinity Crusade #3. Sword and Staff, script and art by Geof Isherwood; Kyllian and Centaurion trade blows and the newcomer seems to able to hold his own (with the help of the Celtic Trio). 36 pgs. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

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By Terry Moore. In Part 2 of the 3-part "Girl Trouble" story, Francine's former fiancé, Brad, wants Francine back. His famous brother, Griffin Silver, has come to pay Francine a visit and petition on his brother's behalf, but things get complicated when Griffin falls in love with Francine, and Katchoo won't come out from under the bed! Find out why in the second part of "Girl Trouble!" b&w, 24pg Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Short tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror with twist endings. A convict in the far future is sentenced to exile on a remote planet in deep space, with only a female robot companion for company. A ghost hunter relates some of his strangest ghost stories. A scientist discovers a lost Incan civilization in the remote Andes, including its vast winged serpent. The Night Is Dark; Sentence Commuted; The Flying Knights; Got a Ghost?; The Star of Venus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Dr. Strange battles D'spayre in "To Have Loved...And Lost!" Script by Roger Stern, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Terry Austin. Brief Defenders appearance. Letter to the editor from comics editor Diana Schutz. Golden cover. Cover price $0.60.

Canadian edition with $.75 cover price. Cover art by Michael Golden. "To Have Loved...and Lost!", script by Roger Stern, pencils by Michael Golden, inks by Terry Austin; Still lamenting the loss of Clea, Dr. Strange sequestered himself to his quarters and refuses to eat or talk to either Wong or Sara Wolfe about his feelings; After being haunted by an illusion of Clea, he is visited by Dakimh the Mystic, who forcibly takes Strange's astral form on a vision quest to see what the world would be like if he had never trained in the mystic arts; Taken to the temple of the Ancient One, Strange's master dismisses Dr. Strange as merely another ghost come to haunt him; Strange then suddenly finds himself bound in a straitjacket in an insane asylum; In Times Square, hes horrified to see that Doctor Strange is apparently a fictional character and is swarmed by fans of the latest Dr. Strange movie. Behold Clea! illustration by Michael Golden. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.75.