12-12-12 IF THIS BE DOOMSDAY!

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12-12-12

(posted at 12:12 AM)

If ominous portents, possible interpretations of Mayan calendars, (and my "Magic 8-ball") are to be believed... today - the 12th day of the 12th month in this 12th year (of the 2nd millennium) - could bring about...

THE END OF THE WORLD!

So, I thought it appropriate to bump the post that had been planned for last weekend, this past weekend, today to display the 12th issue covers for DOCTOR STRANGE comics and how they, too, predict DOOMSDAY!

Doctor Strange; Master of the Mystic Arts # 12

art by Gene Colan

An AWESOME tale that quite literally brought about the END OF THE WORLD... well...
until Doctor Strange fixed it all.

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But... just in case the END of all there is might NOT be the result of today, it might be better to showcase this issue (the 12th of his first series - since his first issue was numbered # 169), wherein Dr. Strange meets.... ETERNITY!
If there is anything that is the opposite of the END of everything... it's ETERNITY!
(Although, oddly enough, Eternity is the one who helped re-create the world after it was destroyed in the storyline detailed above...hmmm...).

DOCTOR STRANGE v1 # 180

Gene Colan Doc illo over a Steve Ditko Eternity illo over a photo of NYC

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And just for the heck of it (since there ARE three "12's" in the date, I'll show a third # 12 and the dire fate that befell Doctor Strange therein.

The 12th issue of Doctor Strange; Sorcerer Supreme saw Doc about to lose his head over the Enchantress...
Amara; the Enchantress? Hmmm.... well.... there are worse fates.

Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme # 12

art by Jackson "Butch" Guice

DEATH, LIFE and ... LOVE; which oft strides the fine line betwixt the two.

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BONUS:

Strange Tales v1 # 123

What was essentially Doctor Strange's 12th issue of Strange Tales

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So that's all there is...
if the world ends some time today... it's been a good time.
If for some reason the world is still spinning on the 13th, I'll post something new thereafter, and we'll try this whole "End of the World" deal all over again on the 21st.