Dark Shadows #34 (Nov 1975) contains a crossover with Doctor Strange. Though Strange does not appear himself, Agamotto, the Eye of Agamotto and the Orb of Agamotto all do, a giant caterpillar and the villainous wizard Mordath visits Dr. Strange's Sanctum, identified by its general address, and stated to be the address of a sorcerer. When Mordath appears, he startles a woman, who calls out for "Stephen."
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #49 (1979):
"Curse of Crawlinswood" is the other side of this unofficial crossover as told from Dr. Strange's POV (albiet four years later).
NIGHT NURSE #4:
"The Secret of Seacliff Manor" is based on Dark Shadows as well.
I'm pretty sure Daredevil told a Dark Shadows-adjacent story circa #50-something, but I can't seem to lay hands on it right now.
JD DeLuzio > Jeff of Earth-JApril 29, 2026 at 4:28pm
The original other half of that Dark Shadows crossover appears in Doctor Strange #5, where we see the scene from the other pov. I have both Dark Shadows #34 and a collection of the early issues of Doctor Strange, including #5. Supposedly, it was an unofficial bit of fun developed by the writers and artists, without the knowledge of either Marvel or Gold Key's owners or editors.
The original other half of that Dark Shadows crossover appears in Doctor Strange #5...
Yes, it kind of went from Doctor Strange #5 to Dark Shadows #34 to Marvel Two-In-One #49. Here is what Jeff Thompson had to say about it in his introduction to Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Vol. 5: "One panel of 'Collinwood Posessed' even shows Morath coming out of the orb in front of a shocked blonde woman, who crise, 'Stephen!" Either this unnamed Gold Key writer was simply a Doctor Strange fan, or Gold Key comics was attempting to interest the Marvel Comics Group in a Dark Shadows / Doctor Strange crossover story... Almost four years after Dark Shadows #34, Marvel writer Mary Jo Duffy returned the favor when she had Stephen Strange and Ben Grimm visit 'Crawlinsport, New England," in Marvel Two-In-One #49. Back in the year 1970, other Dark Shadows references had appeared in Marvel's Daredevil #65-66 (TV soap opera Strange Secrets), Spoof #1 (TV soap opera Darn Shadows), and Astonishing Tales #3 (a gravestone of Charity Trask).
[We discussed this once before, earlier in this thread somewhere. I believe it was you who posted the "Inna-Gadda-Da- Vida" panel.]
Would that be #65-66, where Daredevil is in Los Angeles and meets a villain named "Brother Brimstone"?
Right you are, Luis! Here is what Roy Thomas had to say about it: "The next storyline I was considerably happier with, introducing as it did the TV (and comic book 'real life') villain called Brother Brimstone. That character, and the situation, had two geneses. The first was the TV soap opera Dark Shadows, of which I had become an avid follower, primarily because of the vampire Barnabas Collins, played to the hilt by Jonathan Frid. In fact, on the days I was writing at home instead of at the Marvel offices, staffers (except Stan, of course!) were forbidden to phone me between 4:00 and 4:30 P.M., when the show aired. (And if you ask why I simply didn't record the show and watch it later, you are a person of no historical knowledge or perspective, so I won't even deign to respond.)"
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DARK SHADOWS #34 (1975):
Dark Shadows #34 (Nov 1975) contains a crossover with Doctor Strange. Though Strange does not appear himself, Agamotto, the Eye of Agamotto and the Orb of Agamotto all do, a giant caterpillar and the villainous wizard Mordath visits Dr. Strange's Sanctum, identified by its general address, and stated to be the address of a sorcerer. When Mordath appears, he startles a woman, who calls out for "Stephen."
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #49 (1979):
"Curse of Crawlinswood" is the other side of this unofficial crossover as told from Dr. Strange's POV (albiet four years later).
NIGHT NURSE #4:
"The Secret of Seacliff Manor" is based on Dark Shadows as well.
I'm pretty sure Daredevil told a Dark Shadows-adjacent story circa #50-something, but I can't seem to lay hands on it right now.
The original other half of that Dark Shadows crossover appears in Doctor Strange #5, where we see the scene from the other pov. I have both Dark Shadows #34 and a collection of the early issues of Doctor Strange, including #5. Supposedly, it was an unofficial bit of fun developed by the writers and artists, without the knowledge of either Marvel or Gold Key's owners or editors.
Would that be #65-66, where Daredevil is in Los Angeles and meets a villain named "Brother Brimstone"?
The original other half of that Dark Shadows crossover appears in Doctor Strange #5...
Yes, it kind of went from Doctor Strange #5 to Dark Shadows #34 to Marvel Two-In-One #49. Here is what Jeff Thompson had to say about it in his introduction to Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Vol. 5: "One panel of 'Collinwood Posessed' even shows Morath coming out of the orb in front of a shocked blonde woman, who crise, 'Stephen!" Either this unnamed Gold Key writer was simply a Doctor Strange fan, or Gold Key comics was attempting to interest the Marvel Comics Group in a Dark Shadows / Doctor Strange crossover story... Almost four years after Dark Shadows #34, Marvel writer Mary Jo Duffy returned the favor when she had Stephen Strange and Ben Grimm visit 'Crawlinsport, New England," in Marvel Two-In-One #49. Back in the year 1970, other Dark Shadows references had appeared in Marvel's Daredevil #65-66 (TV soap opera Strange Secrets), Spoof #1 (TV soap opera Darn Shadows), and Astonishing Tales #3 (a gravestone of Charity Trask).
[We discussed this once before, earlier in this thread somewhere. I believe it was you who posted the "Inna-Gadda-Da- Vida" panel.]
Would that be #65-66, where Daredevil is in Los Angeles and meets a villain named "Brother Brimstone"?
Right you are, Luis! Here is what Roy Thomas had to say about it: "The next storyline I was considerably happier with, introducing as it did the TV (and comic book 'real life') villain called Brother Brimstone. That character, and the situation, had two geneses. The first was the TV soap opera Dark Shadows, of which I had become an avid follower, primarily because of the vampire Barnabas Collins, played to the hilt by Jonathan Frid. In fact, on the days I was writing at home instead of at the Marvel offices, staffers (except Stan, of course!) were forbidden to phone me between 4:00 and 4:30 P.M., when the show aired. (And if you ask why I simply didn't record the show and watch it later, you are a person of no historical knowledge or perspective, so I won't even deign to respond.)"
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