West counters that they seem more concerned that a magical potion like Otkid's Elixir would put Timely out of business. Their reasoning is that the world is not ready to have a magical cure for every disease handed to them. They tell him coldly that the Elixir must be destroyed and everyone who knows of it must be killed. West is meeting with his 'Overlords' - the board of directors of Timely Pharmaceuticals. Eventually Brigand reveals his employer: Nicodemus West. Within Brigand's head, he encounters Nightmare, then Dormammu, then a veritable crowd of his enemies, but he isn't deceived by these illusions. But the Nurse is resourceful and gets clear Wong and Strange disable Brigand and Strange puts him to sleep while he enters the man's mind. Present day: Strange and Wong dare not move with Brigand holding a gun to Night Nurse's head. Though West insists he would never have cost the world a surgeon of Strange's skill, the patient has nothing to cling to but his spite and a hope for a cure from arcane means.

It transpires that the man is one of the cases Strange turned away. Nicodemus West, the man who operated on Stephen Strange after his accident, for his good work in ending Strange's career. Timely Pharmaceuticals Headquarters (First full appearance)įlashback to 1963: A stricken patient congratulates Dr.Night Nurse's Hidden Hospice (Destruction).New York City (Main story and flashback).United States of America (Main story and flashback).Stolen Stark Security Droids (Destroyed).Timely Pharmaceuticals Board of Directors/'The Overlords'.Nicodemus West (Main story and flashback) Timely Pharmaceuticals (First full appearance).Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Main story and flashback).

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