This issue picks up right after Doctor Strange has been
beaten by Nightmare after he came into his realm to
rescue Eternity from Nightmare's imprisonment. Nightmare
begins showing Strange his plans for Earth through a series of
magical images. Strange takes this opportunity to enlist
some help against Nightmare. That help would come in the form
of Cain Marko. Nightmare's story is interrupted by
The Juggernaut appearing from nowhere calling out
his name. The Juggernaut(who was currently exiled in
the Crimson Cosmos) was looking for a way back to Earth
and he saw Nightmare's newest prisoner,Strange,as
his ticket.
Knowing Strange was responsible for The Juggernaut's
intrusion,Nightmare hits Strange with a torturous
mental attack that brings him to his knees. The Juggernaut
then closes in for battle with Nightmare and the two go
at it,The Juggernaut having gained several mystical
abilities in his exile. While the two fight Strange
commands his cloak to regain the Eye of Agamotto(which
Nightmare was using to bind him with) and once he has it
back goes in search of Eternity. But Strange's escape
did not go unnoticed. The Juggernaut breaks from the fight
to point out to Nightmare that Strange has moved.
They then blast "Strange" with their combined powers.
But it turned out that what they attacked was just an illusion
of Strange,and that what they really hit were the
bonds holding Eternity. Freeing him to wreak his just vengeance.
The Juggernaut displays his impressive grasp of such things as scope and magnitude by seeing the living personification of the universe itself before him and saying to Nightmare "C'mon. Let's take him!". The slightly annoyed entity then suggests
that he could have freed himself anytime he chose to.
That the months he was held were not even an eye blink
to one such as he. The essentially all-powerful Eternity then explains the folly of such affronts to him and with a mere wave of his hand
banishes both Nightmare and The Juggernaut to oblivion.
Favorite Issue Quote:"And just in case
you're wonderin' how bein' built like a battleship
is gonna help me against you,here's another little
trick I learned in the Crimson Dimension."-The
Juggernaut,as he used mystic beams from his hands to shrink a giant
Nightmare down to size and slam him hard into his
invulnerable body.
Heh. I told you this was a good issue...