Strange Tales #124
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Paste-Pot Pete," Stephen Strange investigates a mysterious spellbinding that leaves a woman wandering the streets of New York—only to uncover a far older secret. Trapped in a time-warping ritual with a flickering candle as his only tether to the present, Strange journeys to Ancient Egypt to confront the sorcerer Zota, whose magic reached across millennia. With art by Steve Ditko and a cover by Dick Ayers and Steve Ditko, this 1964 Marvel classic blends occult mystery with a timeless twist, all anchored in the eerie elegance of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s storytelling.
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Sensing sorcery, Strange finds a woman wandering the streets under a spell. After guiding her to his house, he consults his mentor. Strange travels into the past, though he's warned that if the candle employed in the spell expires he will be trapped there forever. In Ancient Egypt, he battles a wizard, Zota, and removes his power. Returning to the present the candle flickers out, but Strange uses the light from his amulet to guide him, barely making it back. Strange reveals the woman is Cleopatra, sent to the future when she scorned Zota. He sends her back to her waiting Mark Antony.
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