The late "New Journalism" pioneer Tom Wolfe referenced Marvel's Doctor Strange in...
...a non-fiction book about the cross-country adventures of Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in passages like
“Kesey is young, serene and his face is lineless and round and smooth as a baby’s as he sits for hours on end reading comic books, absorbed in the plunging purple Steve Ditko shadows of Doctor Strange.”
(BTW, dig that psychedelic cover by graphic design legend Milton Glaser!)
Several years later, writer Roy Thomas (a former English teacher and big fan of Wolfe), penciler Gene Colan and inker Tom Palmer returned the favor in Doctor Strange #180 (1969)...
You can read the whole story HERE.
Strange's "...an old friend of mine...haven't seen him since '64..." line is a reference to the year Electric Kool Aid Acid Test was published.
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