Le Fils de Satan #4
In "Les possédés," Strange confronts a chilling mystery that blurs reality and illusion, as a figure mirroring his own face claims he's already lost. Written by Barry Windsor-Smith and Stan Lee, with art by Windsor-Smith and inks by Dan Adkins, this 1976 issue from Arédit-Artima delivers a haunting exploration of identity and unseen forces. The cover, by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia, captures the eerie tension of a mind under siege.
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Sensing evil, Strange is so focused on seeking it out he's almost hit by a truck. He calls upon The Ancient One, who warns him of the nature of the evil, but is still mystified. Then he finds himself confronted by someone (or something) who takes his own form, and tells him he's "already defeated". Only when he discovers his oldest enemy is at the bottom of it does he also realize he was hit by the truck-- and has been in a hospital bed ever since! On recovering, he erases the memory of the night's events from the doctor's mind, as "Many things there are that mankind must not know..."
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