Collecting material from Strange Tales (1951) #110-111 And #114-146 And Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2. A vain man driven by greed and hubris, Dr. Stephen Strange was a world-renowned surgeon until the night a car accident crippled his hands. Broken and destitute, he journeyed to Tibet to seek a cure from a legendary healer. There he found not a man of medicine, but the venerable Ancient One — and the path to the mystic arts! From Doctor Strange’s eerie Greenwich Village home, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created new dimensions and otherworldly terrors unlike anything seen before. These classic first stories remain as influential today as they were to 1960s counterculture. In this premiere volume, experience the debut of iconic characters including Baron Mordo, Eternity, Dormammu and the Mindless Ones — as well as Strange’s faithful servant Wong and the mystic mistress Clea!

The Master of the Mystic Arts is back, brought to you by the mind-blowing occult imaginings of Lee, Ditko, Everett, Severin, O'Neil and Adkins. With a roll call of classic creators like that, this book's anything but cursed. It starts off with the galaxy-sized threats of Dormammu and Eternity - then, in his first appearance, the Living Tribunal lays judgment upon the Earth! Next, Dr. Strange goes head-to-head with Nebulos, Lord of the Planets Perilous! They're adventures guaranteed to rattle your astral fillings! We've also packed in the origin of the Ancient One, the return of Baron Mordo, Strange's struggle against Kaluu with Clea's life on the line. COLLECTING: Strange Tales (1951) 143-168, Marvel Collectors ' Item Classics 10

Stephen Strange is Doctor Strange. But he is no doctor, and least not the kind that would initially come to mind. He is the Master of the Mystic Arts, a sorcerer supreme, a white knight who wields black magic against blacker villains still. Strange is mankind's only hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to destroy the conscious world - forces such as Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, Nightmare, Aggamon, The House of Shadows, Loki, the Mindless Ones and more