Eclipso #23
In "La veuve noire," Stephen Strange’s momentary lapse in vigilance traps him in the Nightmare World, where the malevolent entity Nightmare holds him captive—boasting of his boredom and anticipation for new prey. With no spell to cast, Strange calls upon the never-sleeping Gulgol, only to reveal that his true power lies in outwitting Nightmare through a subtle, spellless hypnotic trick. Written by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, illustrated by Steve Ditko with inks by George Roussos, this issue delivers a tense, cerebral showdown in a hauntingly surreal realm.
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Weary from his struggles against supernatural forces, Strange falls asleep, carelessly forgetting to cast a protective spell over himself and becoming a prisoner of the Nightmare World! Nightmare imprisons Strange, the only human who has ever defeated him, then says he's bored and looks forward to other victims. Strange summons The Gulgol, a creature that never sleeps, and Nightmare begs Strange to stop it. He does so without uttering a spell, for in reality, Strange hypnotized Nightmare into seeing the one thing he feared; it was never there in the first place. Freed, Strange wakes up.
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