An amazing creative team tell a story that (I think) takes place in Dr. Strange’s dreams—but honestly it’s not clear. And it doesn’t matter.
Strange moves through a weird city with “buildings made of skin,” and after fake-outs making us believe he’s facing Nightmare and Eternity, we see it’s really a giant whose back is made up of these skin buildings.
And after Strange ensures the demon still sleeps, he goes to bed.
I particularly like that closing sequence because it reminds me of my favorite dream story: In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak.
I wonder if that was intentional, or if it’s just me who sees the connection.
Walt Simonson wrote the story, and Dave Gibbons–in his first 616 work–drew it.
Then there’s some pin-ups. Like this one:
Eh. Not real good.
And then this giant, full-page whine instead of a letters page. I get why people aren’t writing in: Marvel Fanfare is usually low-to-mediocre warehouse stories. (This issue is an ironic exception.) But begging for mail? That’s just sad.