Strange Tales, #5 Newsstand
Published: August 1987
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Issue Contents:
The Return of The New Defenders + Cloak & Dagger vs. The Rodent
Characters
- Andromeda (mainstream Universe)
- Andromeda Attumasen (mainstream Universe)
- Tandy Bowen (mainstream Universe)
- Brunnhilde (mainstream Universe)
- Cloak (mainstream Universe)
- Dagger (mainstream Universe)
- Doctor Strange (mainstream Universe)
- Tyrone Johnson (mainstream Universe)
- Manslaughter (mainstream Universe)
- Stephen Strange (mainstream Universe)
- Valkyrie (mainstream Universe)
- Vermin (mainstream Universe)
- Edward Williams (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Kevin Nowlan
- Inks: Kevin Nowlan
Vermin
"Filthy rats!"
Storyline
Vermin, a man mutated into rat-like form by an enhanced pesticide, seeks revenge on New York for killing rats. Ordering his Super-Rats to capture children, Vermin imprisons them in the sewers so that, if the humans try to use pesticides again, the children will die. Nightmare plots to use Cloak to kill Dr. Strange. Cloak and Dagger defeat Vermin.
Characters
- Tandy Bowen (mainstream Universe)
- Cloak (mainstream Universe)
- Dagger (mainstream Universe)
- Tyrone Johnson (mainstream Universe)
- Nightmare (mainstream Universe)
- Vermin (mainstream Universe)
- Edward Williams (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Script: Bill Mantlo
- Pencils: Bret Blevins
- Inks: Bret Blevins
- Colors: Glynis Oliver
- Letters: Ken Bruzenak
The Snows of Yesteryear
"The wind is cold and sparsely sown with snow as it descends from the fathers of mountains, the Himalayas."
Storyline
Travelling through the Himalayas, Dr. Strange begrudgingly allows Valkyrie to take the soul of Jigme, his guide, who has been injured in an avalanche. Rintrah and Strange arrive at the Lamasery of the Ancient Ones.
Characters
- Andromeda (mainstream Universe)
- Andromeda Attumasen (mainstream Universe)
- Brunnhilde (mainstream Universe)
- Doctor Strange (mainstream Universe)
- Erlik Khan (mainstream Universe)
- Interloper (mainstream Universe)
- Manslaughter (mainstream Universe)
- Rintrah (mainstream Universe)
- Stephen Strange (mainstream Universe)
- Valkyrie (mainstream Universe)
- Old Jigme (death)
- Lt. Bhattacharya
Credits
- Script: Peter Gillis
- Pencils: Larry Alexander
- Inks: Randy Emberlin
- Colors: Bob Sharen
- Letters: Janice Chiang
Characters
- Jim Shooter
Story Notes
In-House column, includes a ProFile on Jim Shooter and checklist of issues on sale.