doctor strange

[constantine]

By day a poet, but by night -
cloaked in stygian darkness,
the arcane master of the cosmic mysterioso,
Doctor Strange; acolyte of the Ancient One
nemesis of the Dread Dormammu
and his thrice-damned nefarious minion Baron Mordo.
mystic wayfarer
of alternate dimensions and parallel multiverses
possessor of the magic amulet and other artifacts
of a quasi-religious dubiousity;
no mere mentalist or rosicrucian -
he produces; he gets results!
once, caught within the weird and alien geometry
of Cthulhu's Temple of Dagon,
its circuitous and infinite halls of madness
he followed the ectoplasmic residue
of his own atemporal footprints
to rend the very fabric of discontinuity
and thus return to his library
to put the finishing touches on his
translation of verses from the Bulgarian (vol. 1 and 2)
no mere dabbler or dilettante,
no closet Caligari -
the magic amulet opens at his command
expanding exponentially into shards of ambient light
illuminating the mundane apparitions of terra normala.

[Lightning Rod]

let me guess
Houdini!!!!!!

[constantine]

my avatar is the dread dormammu from steve ditko's comic book doctor strange. ditko did the artwork for marvel comics in the 50's - 60's. the original spiderman, early fantastic four, iron man , dr.strange etc. were his creations. later jack kirby took over the artwork for these titles. he's a great one too. but, ditko was my favorite. check out coverbrowser.com for original comic book cover art.