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Appearing in "Hickory, Dickory ...Death!"

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Synopsis for "Hickory, Dickory ...Death!"

Captain Britain and Captain America battle the Red Skull, but though the Skull's plans are in ruins, their enemy is not ready to give up yet.

Appearing in "Galactus Unleashed"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #122

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Synopsis for "Galactus Unleashed"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #122
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Galactus returns and commands the Silver Surfer to become his herald once again or the Earth will perish. The Surfer refuses and he and the Fantastic Four attack. They are unable to overpower Galactus, but Reed reaches his ship and threatens to destroy it unless he leaves.

Fantastic Four Vol 1 122 001

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Galactus returns to Earth and decrees that the world is doomed. Reed Richards reminds Galactus of his promise to spare the Earth. He acknowledges his promise and he vows to show mercy as long as the Silver Surfer becomes his herald one again. Although the Surfer is easily subdued by Galactus, he refuses to allow himself to be enslaved again and would rather continue living in exile. The Thing and the Torch attack Galactus and, while the world devourer is distracted by Johnny, Ben actually manages to topple the giant allowing the Surfer to break free. When the Thing tries to leap on Galactus, the powerful being uses his power to generate a wind that blows Ben, Reed, and Sue far away. While the Thing lands unscathed, Reed and Sue are rescued by the Surfer and Torch.

While the Fantastic Four regroups at Coney Island, the Surfer comes up with a plan. He reveals to them that Galactus ship is his weakness and he plans to reach it and take it over. However, when the Surfer flies up into space, he soon strikes the barrier that is keeping him exiled on Earth. He realizes then that Galactus purposely left the ship just out of the reach of his former herald.

Meanwhile, Galactus has followed the Fantastic Four to the amusement part and begins attacking them again. The Torch decides to try and keep Galactus at bay by creating flame duplicates of himself. While Galactus is occupied, Ben smashes a Ferris wheel on their foe. Galactus throws the broken Ferris wheel back at the Thing, while the Surfer swoops in to help with the attack. While the others free Ben from the rubble, the Surfer is blasted back by Galactus. Johnny helps the Surfer and misses the sudden departure of Reed and Sue from the scene of the battle. While Johnny resumes his battle with Galactus, Reed and Sue race across town to the Baxter Building. There they launch a rocket into space in order to reach Galactus' ship. While Sue pilots the rocket, Reed goes out into space. When he first tries to board the ship Galactus came in, he is rebuffed by some kind of force field. After being saved by one of Sue's invisible force-fields, Reed manages to penetrate the field. Inside the massive ship, Reed goes to the controls and begins manipulating them in what he believes will be the only way to save the universe from Galactus.

Back on Earth the Torch's flame is snuffed out by Galactus, who threatens to destroy the Earth if the Silver Surfer continues to refuse his commands. Before the Surfer can answer, Reed radios Galactus from his ship threatening to destroy it and leave Galactus stranded on Earth forever.

Appearing in "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #3

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  • Nazis (Main story and flashback)
    • Mycroft (Miles von Croff) (First appearance; dies)
    • Numerous unnamed U-477 crewmen (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Sir Gavin Ravenlock (First appearance; dies)
  • "Hell Hound of Ravenlock" (First appearance; dies)

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  • U-477 (First appearance; destruction) (Only in flashback)

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Synopsis for "Dark Moon Rise, Hell-Hound Kill!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #3
Nick Fury arrives at Castle Ravenlock, in Scotland, after receiving a cablegram from one of his former subordinates, Ken Astor, that served with him during World War II in the United States Army. At the castle he speaks with its owner's stepson Alistair Rampson who informs Colonel Fury that Ken Astor has been killed while he was employed as the local constable by the "Hell-Hound" that haunts the moors after dark.

The two men are soon joined by three psychic investigators: Mycroft, Countess Caution, and a young girl named Rachel. Rachel is especially sensitive to psychic phenomenon and other things unseen, as ironically, Rachel is blind. Rachel informs Fury of her condition after he saves her from a suit of armor almost falling on top of her. The incident is cut short however when Angus McGregor, the caretaker, enters from the hall and informs Alistair that the Lord of the Castle and his step-father, Gavin Ravenlock, hasn't yet returned home.

Alistair brushes off the Lord's absence and informs Angus that he was about to explain the curse of the grounds. Angus takes the lead of the tale and informs the group that a hundred years before he became caretaker the Lord of the Castle, Hugh Ravenlock, also called Black Hugh was killed. Hugh had sought his wife and his brother after the two fled from him him due to his "brutish ways". Hugh tracked him down with his hound and while the hound attacked Hugh's wife, Hugh was killed by his brother. It is said that Hugh Black now haunts the grounds with his hound in search for his brother to seek revenge.

After the tale the psychic investigators prepare and begin a seance to call forth the ghosts that haunt the castle. Rachel senses something when an apparition appears with a blade and attacks her. Fury jumps in and parries the very solid blade with one of his own that snaps. Fury grabs two dirks and is able to defeat the ghost who after striking with the daggers seems to fade away. After the ghost vanishes the group notices Rachel has disappeared and is spotted on the moors. Fury is gifted a gun by Mycroft and jumps through a nearby window to quickly make his was to the blind girl before she is about to be attacked by the "Hell-Hound". Fury attempts to shoot the hound but the bullets seemingly do nothing. Fury fights with the hound before the others regroup with him and the hound is absent. Fury injured but alive gets his wounds bandaged and soon after can hear the sound of Mycroft's calls who informs Countess Caution, Fury, and Rachel that he found Lord Gavin Ravenlock dead on the moors.

After the several surreal encounters, Fury determines that the haunting of Castle Ravenlock is a ruse and asks the others to take Gavin's body back to the castle while he looks around. Before doing so Fury asks Alistair about a towered structure on the grounds to which Alistair replies that it is called the "Tower of Terror" and that it use to be used to keep prisoners for interrogation purposes but now it is simply a crumbling monument and a deathtrap.

The group then parts but Rachel insists on going with Fury. Fury and Rachel make their way to the tower and Rachel guides Fury to multiple secret passages within that lead to an underground area within the tower. Fury enters the passage and asks Rachel to wait behind. While waiting Rachel is attacked by Mycroft who is after he attempts to enter the underground passage through the iron maiden. Fury had blocked the door from opening and instead of running and pushing it open he ran straight into its spikes and while doing so he called forth the hound which attempted to jump on Fury but Fury dodge out of the way which cause the hound to close shut the iron maiden fully, killing Mycroft.

Back at Castle Ravenlock Fury informs the others of what he had found in the underground area. In the hideout he learned through a record room that Mycroft was actually Miles von Croff, an escaped Nazi who had placed an underground submarine station at Ravenlock during World War II who partnered with the lord of the manor, Sir Gavin Ravenlock, before turning the "Hell-Hound" upon him too to throw off suspicions. The two worked together with Miles von Croff and his crew working as modern day pirates supplying Gavin treasures in exchange for a place of safety his identity of a psychic investigator was just a ruse to give Croff and excuse to travel without being questioned. Rachel as Croff's ward was completely oblivious to the shady side of Mycroft and she was to be his next victim to ensure she couldn't eventually find out his true identity.

Fury further explains that before he left he crossed the submarine's fuel lines and all the rumbling they're now feeling must mean it exploded and the "Tower of Terror" collapsed on them. In a strange twist of fate, young Rachel is told by Angus that it was his brother that left her to Mycroft before he died of sickness and that her mother had died during childbirth. Angus offers Rachel to stay with him at the Castle while Fury and the Countess leave together to swap some ghost stories of their own.

Appearing in "The Tomorrow War!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Team-Up #9

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  • Zarrko's Flying Ship

Synopsis for "The Tomorrow War!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Team-Up #9
Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 9 001
The people of Manhattan are in for a shock when Avengers Mansion begins to shake violently and briefly blink out of existence. Arriving on the scene is Iron Man, who tries to get into the mansion to see what is causing this situation. Unfortunately, there is some kind of barrier that is preventing him from entering the mansion. At that moment, Peter Parker is watching the situation unfold on television and debates going to help as Spider-Man. His mind is made up when his roommate, Harry Osborn, yells at him for having the television up too loud and slams the door. Soon, Spider-Man arrives at Avengers Mansion. Just as Iron Man is telling Spider-Man that he can handle this on his own when suddenly a portal opens through the barrier.

The pair jumps through and they end up falling into another dimension, a strange world where highly advanced ships dogfighting above them. When Iron Man flies up to try and stop the battle from continuing, one of the ships catches the armored Avenger in a tractor beam. The ship then lands and from it emerges Zarrko the Tomorrow Man. He tells the two heroes that they have a mutual enemy that they must stop and invites them aboard his ship. He then flies through the time barrier to the 23rd Century. He explains that his era was invaded by their mutual foe due to the fact that his era is defenseless. He flies them over a facility where the Avengers are being held captive. Spider-Man and Iron Man then leap out to the ground below and engage the guards standing outside. They easily get past the guards and defenses until they are attacked by a massive cyborg. During the cyborgs opening salvo, Iron Man's power source is damaged. Spider-Man quickly incapacitates the cyborg while Iron Man reroutes his circuits to restore full power.

Meanwhile, outside, Zarrko lands his ship as the time storm that prevented him from entering has dissipated enough to let him enter the fortress himself. With his plan succeeding, Zarrko believes that he is on the cusp of ruling all time. Elsewhere in the facility, Spider-Man and Iron Man have found the room where the Avengers are being held in stasis. They also discover that their foe is none other than Kang the Conqueror. The evil time traveller blasts both heroes with a bolt of energy that knocks them out. However, before Kang can deal with them, Zarrko arrives hoping to take control of Kang's plot to take over the present.

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