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• Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter
  (October, 1998)
  
  

  Kurt Busiek (plot),  Roger Stern (script), Neil Vokes (pencils), Jay Geldhof (inks), Steve Leialoha (cover)
  
  The never-before-told very first meeting between Spider-Man and Dr. Strange.  They should have left it untold.  This looks and reads like an Archie or Scooby-Doo comic!   Archie, Reggie and Veronica (alias Peter Parker and pals) fret over who is going out with who and where.  Dumb thieves steal magic lantern from museum.  Spidey runs into thieves.   Baron Mordo wants the lantern to gain favor with a other-worldly demon, who is revealed to be Dormammu.  Strange teams up with Spidey to thwart their evil plans.  The good old days have seldom been so bad.
  

• What If?... # 113
  (October, 1998)
  
  "What If...  Tony Stark became the Master of the Mystical Arts?"
  Chris Duffy (writer), Gregg Schigiel (pencils), Ron Boyd (inks)
  
  An interesting premise, where Tony Stark is a techno-wizard and Stephen Strange is his grumbling assistant.  The story alternates between spoof and pathos, but at least it was a little more interesting than the awful Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter issue.

• Marvel Adventures #14
  (May, 1998)
  
  "Of Monsters and Magicians"
  Ralph Macchio (writer), Andy Kuhn (pencils),  Harry Candelario (inks)
  
  Featuring the Incredible Hulk/Bruce Banner, the Juggernaut/Cain Marko, Black Tom Cassidy, and Cytorrak (of the famed Crimson Bands of Cytorrak).
  
  Bruce Banner seeks Dr. Strange's help in teaching him the way toward inner peace, to end the rage of the Hulk .  The Juggernaut, losing the power he once received from the Crimson Gem of Cytorrak, storms into Strange's sanctum to recharge from the Gem.   Banner turns into the Hulk, and the requisite Hulk Smash fight ensues.  The Juggernaut tries to absorb too much power from the Gem, and Cytorrak himself steps in to banish Juggernaut.
  

• Shadows & Light #2
  (April, 1998)
  
  Jim Starlin (writer/artist)
  
  A simple yet powerful 8-page black-&-white tale, which Starlin describes as: "Strange as a man who's trying to redeem himself by battling evil in metaphysical terms".  The story visually depicts a cosmic confrontation and transformation, while the narration depicts Strange's musings on the many roles he plays as Sorcerer Supreme.  Nary a word-balloon or sound-effect intrudes in this Strange tale.

• The Sensational Spider-Man #22-23
  (Dec. 1997 - Jan. 1998)

• Doctor Strange:  What is it that Disturbs You, Stephen?
  or...  Mourning Becomes Electra
  (Oct, 1997)
  
  P. Craig Russell (writer/artist), Mark Andreyko (script), Lovern Kindzierski (colors), Galen Showman (letters)
  
  A remake of Dr. Strange Annual #1 (1976).  Russell redrew the entire story (except for one panel which we have yet to identify).  This classic story depicts an allegorical conflict in the other-worldly plane of DITKOPOLIS.  The wicked sorceress/queen Elektra entraps Strange to break the spell that binds the magicks of this realm to her sister Celeste, so that she can supposedly save the realm from a lingering death.  Strange uncovers Elektra's deception, and in the ensuing battle her lust for power and revenge causes both the destruction of herself and the realm of Ditkopolis.