Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 1

Part of the Damnation event
Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 #1
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Art by: Rod Reis
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 2 - Lim Variant 4 - Noto Variant 6 - Smallwood Connecting Variant 8 - Tarnation Variant 9 - Trading Card Variant (Back) 10 - Trading Card Variant 11 - Young Guns Variant 12 - Young Guns Variant Textless
Art by: Rod Reis
Art by: Ron Lim and Rachelle Rosenberg
Art by: Phil Noto
Art by: Greg Smallwood
Art by: Rod Reis
Cover artist not yet listed
Art by: John Tyler Christopher
Art by: Javier Garrón and Jason Keith
Art by: Javier Garrón and Jason Keith
Release Date	February 21, 2018
Cover Date	April, 2018
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	C.B. Cebulski
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$4.99
Pages	40

1st story
Writer(s)	Nick Spencer Donny Cates
Penciler(s)	Rod Reis
Inker(s)	Rod Reis
Colorist(s)	Rod Reis
Letterer(s)	Travis Lanham
Editor(s)	Nick Lowe Kathleen Wisneski

 So, yes, Stephen Strange, let us play our little game. Your confidence does not surprise me in the least. But even you should remember what they say around these parts to those who feel lucky. How does it go again? Oh, yes... the house always wins. 

—Mephisto

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

• Wong
• Bats (Ghost)

Antagonists:

• Demons (Main story and flashback)
  • Trix (First appearance)
  • Asmodeus
  • Mephisto (Main story and flashback)
  • Numerous unnamed others (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Hydra (Recap)
  • Hydra Supreme (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
• Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department (Recap)
• Alpha Flight
  • Ultimates
    • Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Possessed by a Spirit of Vengeance)
    • Black Panther (King T'Challa) (Possessed by a demon)
• Avengers
  • Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Possessed by a Spirit of Vengeance)
  • Thor (Dr. Jane Foster) (Possessed by a Spirit of Vengeance)
• Steve Rogers
• Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Possessed by a Spirit of Vengeance)
• Loki (Recap)
• Las Vegans (Resurrection) (Main story and flashback)
  • Joshua's mother (First appearance)
  • Joshua (First appearance)
  • Mayor of Las Vegas (First appearance)
  • Gary (First appearance)
  • Dory (First appearance)
  • Fred (Only appearance; dies)
  • Numerous unnamed others (Main story and flashback)
• Mirage (Desmond Charne) (Deceased)
• Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) (Deceased)
• Blackout (Marcus Daniels) (Deceased)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• LVMPD
• Hell Lords (Mentioned)
  • Beelzebub (Mentioned)
• Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
• Ulysses Cain (Mentioned)
• Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (Mentioned)
• Lockjaw (Mentioned)
• Hulk (Amadeus Cho) (Mentioned)
• Blade (Eric Brooks)
• Mr. Knight (Marc Spector)
• Elsa Bloodstone
• Doctor Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)
• Man-Thing (Dr. Ted Sallis)
• Iron Fist (Danny Rand)
• Hand
• Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) (Possessed by Zarathos)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Human-Kree Hybrids
• Frost Giants (Recap)
• Demons (Main story and flashback)
  • Spirits of Vengeance (Main story and flashback)
• Cyborgs
• Lions (Illusion)
• Dogs (Ghost)
• Inhuman Dogs (Mentioned)
• Vampires
• Human-Vampire Hybrids
• Hellbent
• Monsters
• Man-Things

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • United States of America (Main story and recap)
    • Nevada (Main story and recap)
      • Las Vegas (Main story and flashback) (Transported from Nevada to Mephisto's Realm and back)
        • Casino Manhattan (Main story and flashback) (Restoration)
        • Bellagio (Restoration)
        • Stratosphere Hotel & Casino (Restoration)
        • Showgirls Casino (Restoration)
        • The Excal (Restoration)
        • Luxor Las Vegas (Restoration)
        • Paris Las Vegas (Restoration)
        • Flamingo Las Vegas (Restoration)
        • Bally's Las Vegas (Restoration)
        • Tropicana Las Vegas (Restoration)
        • WGW Grand (Restoration)
        • Hotel Inferno (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
        • Bet House (First appearance)
    • New York (Main story and recap)
      • New York City (Main story and recap)
        • Manhattan (Main story and recap) (Referenced as isolated via Darkforce Dimension)
          • Greenwich Village (Recap)
            • Bleecker Street (Recap)
              • Sanctum Sanctorum (Recap)
          • Midtown
            • Fifth Avenue
              • Empire State Building
    • Wong's house
    • Florida
      • Everglades
        • Man-Thing's Swamp
  • Garden of Eden (Mentioned)
  • Wakanda (Mentioned)
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • London
        • Westminster
          • Palace of Westminster
            • Big Ben
• Hell (Invoked)
• Mephisto's Realm (Only in flashback)
• Heavens (Invoked)

Items:

• Captain Marvel's Suit
• Falcon's Wings
• Panther Habit
• Hawkeye's Suit
• Cloak of Levitation
• Eye of Agamotto
• Mjolnir
• Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
• Planetary Defense Shield (Mentioned)
• Blade's Sword
• Mr. Knight's Suit
• Bloodstone
• Staff of Legba

Vehicles:

• Hydra Helicarriers (Recap)
• Hell Cycle

Events:

• Secret Empire (Recap)
• Loki: Sorcerer Supreme (Recap)
• Civil War II (Mentioned)

Synopsis for 1st story

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

The city of sin gets its biggest sinner yet. When Doctor Strange raises Las Vegas up from its destruction during SECRET EMPIRE, he inadvertently opens a big door for the embodiment of evil, MEPHISTO! The devilish villain takes the city for himself and sets his sights on the rest of the world. It’s going to take heroes from all over the Marvel Universe to defeat him, but there’s nothing simple about fighting the lord of Hell.

Notes

• Elsa Bloodstone is seen with her Bloodstone choker, despite having the stone on her hand at the time. The mistake is repeated in Reis' following issue, Doctor Strange: Damnation #4.

See Also

• 19 image(s) from Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 1

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