The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1964 #2 - 4.0 - $99.00
Xandu sends his two henchmen to retrieve half of the Wand of Watoomb from Dr. Strange. Spider-Man mistakes the henchmen for burglars and tries to stop them, leading to a team up between Spider-Man and Dr. Strange to stop Xandu's plan.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filings. In 1965, June was the month when Marvel issues with September cover dates were distributed to newsstands
- The Wondrous World of Dr. Strange! - First recorded meeting of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, Steve Ditko's 2 most famous creations. Xandu would return in Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (May 1974). The scene of Spidey being sucked down thru the dimensional opening may have inspired a similar scene in the 1969 Spider-Man cartoon, "Revolt In The Fifth Dimension." Synopsis and notes provided by Henry Kujawa (July 2007).
- Spider-Man - Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer! - Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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