I must meditate-- attempt to comprehend this cosmos-- for only through knowledge can true salvation come. 
Appearing in "A Separate Reality"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Silver Dagger
- Death
- The Soul-Eater (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Defenders (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Sub-Mariner (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Hulk (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Valkyrie (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Hawkeye (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Spider-Man (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Nick Fury (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Iron Man (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Ant-Man (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Black Panther (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Aragorn (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Catterpillar (Only in flashback)
- Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth (Mentioned)
- Vipers of Valtorr (Mentioned)
- Eternal Vishanti (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Zenn-Lavians (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- 19th Street
- Silver Dagger's lair
- 19th Street
- Midtown
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Agamotto's Dimension
- Earth
Items:
- Silver Dagger
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Orb of Agamotto
- Spells
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Vipers of Valtorr (Invoked)
- Power Cosmic (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Synopsis for "A Separate Reality"
While Silver Dagger becomes aware that Dr. Strange still lives, Strange himself travels deeper into the Orb of Agamotto in hopes of finding it's center. Along the way he is attacked by a giant soul stealing creature. Saved by an entity appearing as the Silver Surfer, Strange also gets the "Surfers" aid in freeing the other souls trapped inside the creature. Realizing his physical body is missing, Strange is taken to a castle where he finds his body among a bunch of beings resembling the Defenders and other allies of Dr. Strange.
When the Queen who appears as Valkyrie arrives, Strange is offered to stay for tea, however he refuses and the heroes attack. Strange fights them off until the queen stops the fight and tells him that he has a choice between life or death as a way out of the Orb. Choosing life, Strange takes a illusionary Aragorn to fly to the center of the Orb.
Notes
- Cover art: pencils, inks and colours by Brunner.[1]
- Plot by Englehart and Brunner, script by Englehart.[2]
- Colours by Frank Brunner and Jan Brunner (uncredited).[3]
- In a two page spread which shows the illusionary Defenders having tea together Hawkeye is calling someone passed out under the table a "pantywaist", those with a keen eye will note that the hand coming up from the table is wearing a Green Lantern power ring.
- In the same pages is a red suited guy who is passed out and has web in the face by Spider-Man, who refers him as "Captain". This is Captain Midnight of Fawcett Comics which originally started as a radio show in the 1930-1940s.
