Doctor Strange #181 (1969) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	If a World Should Die...!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan, Frank Brunner; inks: Tom Palmer, Frank Brunner; colors: Frank Brunner; letters: Sam Rosen	Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nightmare
2	If a World Should Die Before I Wake...	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Jean Izzo	Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nightmare; Wong; Clea
5	Marvel Tales	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.4	pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith, Steve Ditko; inks: Barry Windsor-Smith, Steve Ditko; letters: Barry Windsor-Smith, Sam Rosen	Nick Fury; The Super Patriot; Spider-Man; Crime-Master; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
6	Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.6	script: ? (promo copy)	Spider-Man; Thor; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
12	-	in-house column	1	script: Smiley; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tom Palmer
15	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tom Palmer; letters: Sam Rosen

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Essential Doctor Strange #2 ISBN 0-7851-1668-0	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #4 ISBN 978-0-7851-3495-4	2010	On eBay ›
A Separate Reality ISBN 978-0-7851-9444-6	2016	On eBay ›
Doctor Strange Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-302-92663-2	2021	On eBay ›

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