Strange Tales 1951 #122 - 3.5 - $15.00

In flashback we see the how Dr. Doom used "The Terrible Trio" to trap the Fantastic Four, then discarded his underlings by sending them into another dimension! With Doom gone, the three return to Earth, where they're foolish enough to try taking on The Torch again, figuring 3 against 1 would be no contest. WRONG! After, Sue gives Johnny hell for how his "roughneck" friends must have messed up "her" house.

Weary from his struggles against supernatural forces, Strange falls asleep, carelessly forgetting to cast a protective spell over himself and becoming a prisoner of the Nightmare World! Nightmare imprisons Strange, the only human who has ever defeated him, then says he's bored and looks forward to other victims. Strange summons The Gulgol, a creature that never sleeps, and Nightmare begs Strange to stop it. He does so without uttering a spell, for in reality, Strange hypnotized Nightmare into seeing the one thing he feared; it was never there in the first place. Freed, Strange wakes up.

A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• 3 Against The Torch! - Possible Brodsky alterations on Torch and Handsome Harry per Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, July 2005 and December 2008. Henry Kujawa previously credited Chic Stone on inks. Dr. Strange vignette taken from interior panel.
• 3 Against The Torch! - Second appearance of The Terrible Trio. They previously appeared in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #23 (February 1964) and appear next in issue #129 (February 1965). Handsome Harry resembles actor Tony Franciosa.
• The World Beyond - This is the third appearance of Nightmare; he last appears in issue #116 (January 1964) and next appears in Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #170 (July 1968). Inks credited by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30 (Per Sandell ed.)
• Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! - promos for Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1963 series) #28 (July 1964) include cover repros. Printed between the pages of the Dr. Strange story.
• Strange Mission - Printed after the Dr. Strange story. Continues in next issue.