Doctor Strange First Appearance: Strange Tales #110 and How to Identify It

Doctor Strange first appeared in Strange Tales #110 (cover date 1963), published by Marvel, by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko. The source puts it this way: "Doctor Strange was created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and first published in Strange Tales #110 by Marvel Comics.".

• Co-debuting characters in the same issue: Strange Tales #110 features the first appearances of Dr. Stephen Strange, Wong, and the Ancient One together.
• Origin story premise (interior content): Dr. Stephen Strange is introduced as a gifted, arrogant surgeon who loses the use of his hands in a terrible car accident and learns magic and mysticism from the Ancient One.

• Indicia: the small print on the first page or inside cover gives the issue number, date and publisher; reprints usually say so there.
• Cover price and barcode: a price or barcode format that did not exist in the year printed means a later edition.
• Paper and staples: decades-old newsprint is tan at the edges; bright white pages on an old date are a warning sign.
• Restoration: color touch, trimmed edges and married covers are common on expensive keys; a grading service can detect them.

Shoot the front cover flat, straight on, in even light, then the indicia page and the back cover. Include the top edge and staples in one frame. The app reads the title, issue number and cover and matches it against the checks above; the indicia photo settles most reprint questions.