Strange Tales (vol 1) #186 FN/VF
Last 25-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Mike Esposito. Doctor Strange reprints: "What Lurks beneath the Mask?" (from Strange Tales 136), script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Dormammu imprisons Clea, and tells her she will witness Strange's defeat; Mordo tells Dormammu that Strange is searching for "Eternity" and cannot understand why this upsets the dark lord so; Strange continues his search, going from one practitioner of the arts to another without result, until The Aged Ghenghis tells him only he and The Ancient One know the secret; He gives him a scroll, which leads Strange to a being imprisoned in another dimension, which he barely escapes. "When Meet the Mystic Minds!" (from ST 137), script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Desperate to learn the secret of "Eternity," Dr. Strange probes into the unconscious mind of The Ancient One, meeting one deadly trap after another, until at last, he