- "Now, come to your doom, you who do not worship my Godhood!"
- ―Dagoth
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| Marvel Premiere | |
| Title: | "The Shadows of the Startone!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 7 |
| Cover price: | .20 |
| Cover date: | March, 1973 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Roy Thomas |
| Writers: | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencilers: | Craig Russell |
| Inkers: | Mike Esposito; Frank Giacoia; David Hunt |
| Cover artists: | Mike Ploog |
| Cover inker: | Mike Ploog |
| Colorists: | Mimi Gold |
| Letterers: | Jean Izzo |
| Editors: | Roy Thomas |
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"The Shadows of the Starstone!" is the title to the seventh issue of the Marvel Premiere ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Gardner Fox with artwork by Craig Russell and inks by Mike Esposito, Frank Giacoia, and David Hunt. It was colored by Mimi Gold and lettered by Jean Izzo. The story was edited by Roy Thomas. This issue shipped with a March, 1973 cover date and carries a cover price of .20 cents per copy.
Plot[]
Henry Gordon inherits Witch House in Cornwall, England and awakens the ancient entity Dagoth. This prompts Doctor Strange to travel to England where he has prolonged mystical battle with Dagoth, but successfully sends him back to his home dimension.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Dagoth (1st appearance)
Minor characters
- N'Gabthoth (As a corpse only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- Starkesboro
Items
- Cloak of Levitation
- Dagger (In flashback only)
- Eye of Agamotto
- Starstone
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
- Castles
- Cult (In flashback only)
- Flashback
- Human sacrifice
- Mystic artifacts
- Mystical text
- Ritualism (In flashback only)
- Slaves
- Strangulation
Notes & Trivia[]
- Doctor Stephen Strange was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the third story from Strange Tales, Volume 1 #110 in July, 1963 titled "Dr. Strange - Master of Black Magic".
- The tagline to this issue is "Now Strikes... Dagoth!"
- Writer Gardner Fox is credited as Gardner F. Fox in this issue.
- Artist P. Craig Russell is credited as Craig Russell in this issue.
- Inker Dave Hunt is credited as David Hunt in this issue.
- This is the first, and to date, only known appearance of Dagoth, not counting flashbacks.
- The Cloak of Levitation is described as "necromantic" in this issue, which really doesn't make any sense since Necromancy involves communion with the dead, which has nothing to do with the Cloak of Levitation.
Reprints[]
The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
- Doctor Strange Epic Collection 3
- Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen?
- Essential Doctor Strange 2
- Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange 4
- Doctor Strange Epic Collection 3
Recommended Reading[]
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