Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $19.84 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 6.0 | $50.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $61.88 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $113.09 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 9.4 | $111.96 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 9.6 | $368.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 9.8 | $334.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| RAW | $10.74 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 10.0 | $435.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1972-09-01 |
| 9.8 | $34.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
Reading this edition’s market
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The table includes 9 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 236 graded copies for Marvel Premiere #4 (1972). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Spawn of Sligguth!
Dr. Strange is visited by a man named Ethan Stoddard who has come seeking Dr. Strange's help. He explains that his fiance Bethel Doan studied the occult, however, while she continued her studies in her hometown of Starkesboro to study the Thanatosian Tomes.
Traveling to Starkesboro with Ethan, Dr. Strange soon finds that the people of this town are becoming reptilian, and that they worship the creature known as Sligguth. When Stoddard learns that his fiancé had suffered the same fate, he rushes to Strange who is investigating the shrine to Sligguth. There the two are attacked by the townspeople, when suddenly Stoddard changes into one of them as well. Stoddard tells Strange that he was used to lure Strange to town. During Stoddard's surprise attack, Strange is knocked out, however when he comes too, he finds that he is to be thrown into the labyrinth under the church as sacrifice to Sligguth.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)) **Supporting Characters:** * Wong) * Ethan Stoddard) * Ancient One (Yao)) **Antagonists:** * Serpent Men of Starkesboro) * Sligguth) **Other Characters:** * Marquis de Rais) * Nightmare) * Bethel Doan) * Lemuel Joad) * Dormammu) * Puritans) * Caleb Starke) * Von Junzt) **Deities and Invocations:** * Faltine * Ikonn) * Vishanti) ** Oshtur) ** Agamotto the All-Seeing) ** Hoggoth) * Raggadorr) * Seraphim_(Earth-616)) * Hosts of Hoggoth) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Faltine * Serpent-Folk * Dark Gods[](https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Old_Ones) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Manhattan ****** Greenwich Village ******* Sanctum Sanctorum ****** Midtown ******* Hell's Kitchen ******** Port Authority Bus Terminal *** New England **** Massachusetts) ***** Quabbin Reservoir ***** Salem) ****** Salem State College ****** Boston **** Starkesboro ** England ** Himalayas ** Valusia) * Raggadorr) **Items:** * Thanatosian Tomes * Cloak of Levitation * Eye of Agamotto) * Iris of the All-Seeing Oracle * Black Sea Scrolls * Nameless Cults * Spells ** Flames of the Faltine ** Images of Ikonn ** Rings of Raggadorr ** Shades of the Seraphim **Vehicles:** * Bus
| Notes = * Features concepts created by Robert E. Howard, including Von Junzt)'s Nameless Cults, or the "serpent breed". * Plot by Thomas, script by Goodwin. * Pencils (story pages): Smith pages 1-3 and layouts pages 4-20, Brunner finished pencils pages 4-20. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin
Interior art: Barry Smith, Frank Brunner
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 25443
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