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Valkyrie

Appearing in "Bodies and Souls!"

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Synopsis for "Bodies and Souls!"

In Afghanistan, a wizard by the name of Shafik Wazzan has taken control of Gargoyle through use of a crystal globe inscribed with a pentagram. At the same time a world away, Cloud is awakened from a nightmare by Sassafras. Moondragon happens upon the screaming heroine, who doesn't recognize the telepath in her terrified, half-awake state. Moondragon uses a mild mental beam to put Cloud back to sleep.

Back in Afghanistan, the leader of the Mujahideen rebel army chastises the wizard for failing to use his magic to drive away any of the invading soldiers. Just then, they are attacked by Soviet helicopters, which the wizard destroys by summoning forth giant demonic hands. The wizard then draws a large pentagram on the ground with fire that emerges from his fingertip. The Mujahideen chieftain says that he is unimpressed and threatens to have the wizard killed, so the wizard conjures up a giant image of the Gargoyle, which smashes the soldiers.

Meanwhile, back at Defenders headquarters, Cloud has a dream about the forbidden love she harbours for Moondragon and awakens to find that she has transformed into a boy. Cloud had been wrestling with her romantic feelings towards Moondragon because they were both female; now that Cloud is a male, he feels free to express his love for Moondragon. The other Defenders are shocked by Cloud’s transformation, particularly Iceman.

Back in Afghanistan, Shafik pays a visit to the Soviets and demonstrates his powers by turning a general’s face into clay. The Gargoyle tries to convince him to stop abusing his powers, but he cannot resist the wizard’s hold over him, so he convinces the mystic to go to America in order to plunder its’ wealth. They are transported to New York, but he senses that Dr. Strange lives there and realizes that the Gargoyle tricked him into coming here so that Strange might detect his presence and stop him. Seeing a poster advertising the Rockies, Shafik decides to go there instead, unaware that the Defenders live there.

As the demon and his new master land nearby, Moondragon senses danger and that Gargoyle is involved, so the Defenders fly to Colorado. They confront the wizard and demand that he release their friend. Believing that the Defenders are demons, the wizard summons a giant apparition of the Gargoyle to destroy them.

Solicit Synopsis

Cloud's secret - revealed! It's going to give you a moment's pause! It's a lousy time for a major revelation as far as the Defenders are concerned, though - 'cause they've got to battle Shafik Wazzan and their own Gargoyle!

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