—Scarlet WitchThe sins within are a mirror. The stories you read... are the paths not taken-- Your personal road to ruin. Each will be different. But whatever the story, for you... the nightmare will become real. Just know that I sympathize. Because right now, as the Elder God who poisoned my life threatens everything I love... my nightmare is already real.
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Victorious (Zora Vukovic)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Main story and flashback)
- Darkhold Defiled (First appearance)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Joins)
- Blade (Eric Brooks) (Joins)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Joins)
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Joins)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Joins)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Wolverine (Logan) (Dream)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Dream)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Dream)
- Brainstorm (Valeria Richards) (Dream)
- Powerhouse (Franklin Richards) (Dream)
- Darkhold Defenders (First appearance) (Statue)
- The Dreamer (First appearance) (Statue)
- The Fool (First appearance) (Statue)
- The Stoic (First appearance) (Statue)
- The Hunter (First appearance) (Statue)
- The Artist (First appearance) (Statue)
- Unidentified entity
- Mother Head (First appearance) (Voice only)
- B.O.S.S. (Voice only)
- Bi-Beast (Cameo)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Cameo)
- Hellcat (Patsy Walker) (Mentioned)
- Vision (Mentioned)
- Red Onslaught (Johann Shmidt) (Mentioned)
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Mentioned)
- Aunt May (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- New York
- New York City
- The Bronx
- The Raft (Mentioned)
- Ryker's Island (Mentioned)
- The Bronx
- New York City
- Abysmia
- Latveria (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Other-Realm / K'lay
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Servo-Guards
- Darkhold
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Iron Man Armor Model 64
- Blade's Sword
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Rhino Armor
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
ENTER THE PAGES OF THE DARKHOLD — AND LOSE YOUR MIND IN MIGHTY MARVEL FASHION!
Critically acclaimed writer Steve Orlando joins forces with extraordinary artist Cian Tormey for a story that will delight and terrify! For hundreds of years, scholars and heroes alike have searched for the complete text of the Darkhold — a.k.a. the Book of the Damned, written by the elder god Chthon. Now one of the greatest sorcerers in the Multiverse has found it — and Chthon has found him. To save them all, the Scarlet Witch must gather the world's greatest heroes…and unleash their inner darkness. Witness the Marvel Universe's descent into chaos!Notes
- This issue takes place before X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1.
- The sentence ""Ph'nglui mglw'naft Chthon K'lay wgah'nagl fhtagn" was first chanted in Carnage (Vol. 2) #15 (December, 2016)," and is paraphrased from The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, replacing Cthulhu's name with "Chthon" and R'lyeh with "K'lay" - implying that is the name of Other-Realm, Chthon's realm.
See Also
Links and References
https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/darkhold-alpha-1-preview-pages; https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/scarlet-witch-doctor-doom-darkhold-alpha-1-announcement