Marvel Tales Vol 2 134

Spider-Man once more goes diving into the Hudson River to try and recover his failed Spider-Mobile. However, while swimming around the crash site, Spider-Man is shocked to find that somebody else has removed it from the bottom of the river. After fighting off some cops who spot him, Spider-Man returns home. Later, when Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn arrive at class, Flash is shocked that Liz Allan has begun to take towards Harry.

While at Aunt May's apartment, May has brought Dr. Octopus a new set of clothes and he cleans himself up. Peter arrives to share a chicken dinner with Aunt May and is shocked to find his old foe there, but plays it cool. Octopus explains to them how he narrowly survived the explosion of the nuclear reactor in Canada, however, explains that since then he's been haunted by the supposed ghost of Hammerhead.

Just as Octopus finishes explaining this, they are visited by the spectral form of Hammerhead, who has once more come to haunt Dr. Octopus. This causes Aunt May to faint, and the frightened Dr. Octopus flees with Aunt May in his arms, with the ghost form of Hammerhead not far behind. Peter changes into Spider-Man and goes after them himself. However, Dr. Octopus manages to get the best of Spider-Man when he overpowers him and tosses him to a crowd of people below who all want to cash in on the reward the Bugle has put out for Spider-Man's capture.

Spider-Man manages to get away from the mob and catches up to Dr. Octopus just as he steals a helicopter from the Pan Am building and tries to make his getaway. Spider-Man tries to hitch a ride on the copter, however, Dr. Octopus cuts the web-line, causing Spider-Man to plummet to his apparent doom.

Appearing in "Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Strange Tales #110

Featured Characters:

Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Ancient One (Yao) (Identified only as "The Master")

Antagonists:

Brandon Forsythe (First appearance) (Unnamed)
Nightmare (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Wong (First appearance; unnamed)
Arnold Crang (Mentioned) (as "Mr. Crang")
Dreamstalker (First appearance) (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

Humans
Demons
Dark Spectral Horses (First appearance)

Locations:

Earth-616
- Earthspace
  - Earth
    - North America
      - United States of America
        New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Greenwich Village
        Bleecker Street (Unnamed)
        Sanctum Sanctorum (First appearance; unnamed)
    - Atlantic Ocean (Cameo)
    - Europe (Cameo)
    - Asia
      - China
        Tibet
        Himalayas
        Ancient One's Temple (First appearance)
- Astral Plane (First appearance)
- Dream Dimension / Dimension of Dreams (First appearance)
  - Nightmare World (First appearance)

Items:

Amulet of Agamotto (First appearance) (Unnamed)

Synopsis for "Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Strange Tales #110

A man tormented by nightmares comes to Doctor Strange to seek aid. Doctor Strange promises to help. He travels in spirit form to his old master who lives in a remote mountain temple in Asia. The master tells Strange to depend on his magic amulet if danger threatens. Back in his mortal form, Strange visits the man he has promised to help. When the man falls asleep, Doctor Strange enters his dream in spiritual form. Inside the dream, Strange is met by a figure bound in chains who presents himself as the symbol of the evil that the tormented man has done and tells Strange that if he does not believe then he should ask Mr. Crang. Then another form appears, Nightmare, Strange's ancient foe. Meanwhile, the dreaming man awakens and realizes the dreams are caused by all the men he has ruined. Fearing that Doctor Strange might expose him, he grabs a gun to shoot Strange who is kept from reuniting with his mortal form by Nightmare. Strange mentally calls upon his master who remotely activates Strange's amulet and causes it to place a hypnotic spell on the man. Doctor Strange slips out of the dream dimension and grabs the gun before removing the hypnotic spell. The man agrees to confess to his crimes and Strange tells him that that is the only way he will ever sleep again.

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Marvel Tales Vol 2 134

Appearing in "The Ghost That Haunted Octopus!"

Synopsis for "The Ghost That Haunted Octopus!"

Appearing in "Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!"

Synopsis for "Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!"

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