Thursday 5 January 2023

Marvel 1976.09 - Doctor Strange #18


Doctor Strange #18

Title: The Dream is Dead!

Writer: Steve Englehart
Artist: Gene Colan

Villain: Stygyro

Regulars: Clea


Doctor Strange and Clea bid farewell to Francis Bacon before travelling forwards in time from 1618 to 1775. They board a ship in London that's headed to America. Benjamin Franklin is a passenger on the ship. He's been in America discussing the independence of America, but the talks have failed to reach a result. Also travelling on the ship is Stygyro, who attacked Doctor Strange in 1618.

Benjamin Franklin tells Doctor Strange that he already knows about him, because he was mentioned in Francis Bacon's writings. A sea beast attacks the ship. Doctor Strange defeats the beast, and he sees Stygyro in the crow's nest commanding it.

They sleep, and when they wake up they find the ship deserted. The only passengers are Doctor Strange, Clea and Benjamin Franklin. There's a deep hole in the sea ahead of them which is open all the way to the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Doctor Strange makes the ship stop before it falls into the hole. He leaves Clea to take care of Benjamin Franklin while he investigates the sea floor.

On the sea floor Doctor Strange finds the sunken city of Atlantis. He's shocked to see a statue of Stygyro. Then Stygyro himself attacks him. Doctor Strange defeats him, and Stygyro flees, promising to return. The sea begins to crash down into the hole. While this is happening, Benjamin Franklin seduces Clea.



That's an interesting episode. Would anyone have written it apart from Steve Englehart? Doctor Strange returns to the surface. He knows what's happened, but he doesn't mention it. They climb into a lifeboat, and Doctor Strange makes it fly to their destination in America.

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