Doctor Strange #45 (1981) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Demon in the Dark!	cover	1	pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dave Cockrum; letters: Rick Parker	Doctor Strange; Clea; Wong; N'Garai
1	Wizard of the West Village	comic story	22	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dan Green, Walter Simonson, Al Milgrom, Wendy Pini, Frank Giacoia, Joe Rubinstein; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Jim Novak	Doctor Strange; Jack Starrett; Wong; Clea; Sara Wolfe; The N'Garai
2	-	letters page	1	script: Chris Claremont

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860291402

Collection	Year
Essential Doctor Strange #4 ISBN 978-0-7851-3062-8	2009	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #8 ISBN 978-1-302-49766-8	2017	On eBay ›
Marvel Universe by Chris Claremont Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-90715-0	2017	On eBay ›
The Reality War ISBN 978-1-302-93357-9	2021	On eBay ›

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