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Key facts
- 1st appearance of Silver Dagger (Isaiah Curwen)
Market value
- Market value (all grades)
- $125
- Updated 8 Oct 2026
- Graded copies for sale
- $34.00 - $900
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 30 Sep 2026
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CGC Census
3,919
Total graded
225
9.8 NM/MT
353
8.0 VF
Reprinted 10x
Silver Dagger infiltrates the Sanctum Sanctorum, throws silver dagger into Strange's back, and takes the Eye of Agamotto amulet and Clea. Strange is pulled into necromantic Orb of Agamotto. He meets a cryptic hookah-smoking caterpillar.
Cover date
June 1, 1974
On sale date
March 12, 1974
Pages
36
Cover price
$0.25
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Roy Thomas
Price history
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Characters
Isaiah Curwen (1st appearance); Silver Dagger (1st appearance); Clea; Doctor Strange; hookah-smoking caterpillar; Stephen Strange
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Collected in
- Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts #2
- Doctor Strange / Silver Dagger #1
- Doctor Strange: A Separate Reality #[nn]
- Essential Doctor Strange #3
- Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #5
- Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2
- Doctor Strange Epic Collection #3
- Doctor Strange #1
- Komikai Micro Comics Ultimate Marvel #[66]
- Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts Omnibus #1