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Cover: Joe Maneely

Sinister Tales #119

Jan 1972 · Alan Class · 0.06 GBP
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“The Man in the Cellar”

In "The Man in the Cellar," Stephen Strange's momentary lapse in vigilance leads to a terrifying imprisonment in the Nightmare World—a realm where fear takes shape. With Steve Ditko's haunting art and Stan Lee's sharp storytelling, this 1972 Alan Class issue delivers a chilling psychological twist, as Strange outwits his foe not with magic, but with a mind game. The cover by Joe Maneely captures the dread with a striking, shadowed image of a man trapped in darkness.

writer Stan Lee · writer, artist Steve Ditko · inker George Roussos · letterer Artie Simek · cover Joe Maneely

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writer Stan Lee
writer, artist Steve Ditko
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Joe Maneely

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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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