—Doctor StrangeToby, I recognize that symbol. It's a sigil of possession from near the dawn of time. Your tattoo is... infected. I can operate... but let's put you to sleep first.
Appearing in "Skin Deep"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Charikon the Almighty (First appearance) (Apparent death)
- Unidentified dragon (First appearance) (Apparent death)
- Stygmata (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Toby Gould (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers (Main story and flashback)
- Zelma Stanton (Behind the scenes)
- Dormammu (Toy)
- Baron Mordo (Karl Mordo) (Toy)
- "The Boss" (Mentioned)
- Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (Mentioned)
- Agamotto (Referenced)
- Balthakk (Invoked)
- Seraphim (Invoked)
- Ikthalon (Invoked)
- Zuka (Invoked)
- Yakuza (Mentioned)
- Mercillon (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Third Dimension (Name revealed) (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown
- SoHo (Only in flashback)
- Greenwich Village
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Mystic Forge, Furnaces of Nidavellir, Asgard (Referenced)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Second Dimension (First appearance)
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto
- Bolts of Balthakk
- Shield of the Seraphim
- Icy Tendrils of Ikthalon
- Scalpel of Strange
- Tā moko (Mentioned)
- Yantra (Mentioned)
- Trash Polka (Mentioned)
- Tat Coil (First appearance)
- Magnets of Mercillon (First appearance)
- Wall of Infinite Elements (Referenced)
Synopsis for "Skin Deep"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
• Tattoo removal isn’t in a surgeon’s job description, but when one man’s heavy metal tattoos begin coming to life Doctor Strange will have to make an exception!
• With the clock ticking down rapidly, will Doctor Strange be able to save his patient—or himself?
• Find out as Doctor Strange gets drawn into the diagnosis—literally!