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Appearing in "Earth 33⅓"

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  • Baron Zemo

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Appearing in "Holocaust and Homecoming"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Thor #263

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Synopsis for "Holocaust and Homecoming"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Thor #263
K'rll begins attacking the Asgardians through the Odin beast. He knocks them all down, and all that's left is Volstagg. When the Odin beast moves towards him, a blast of pure force shoots from his hands, hurting the beast. Fighting Volstagg's new power, the beast uses itself up and dissipates, which causes feedback through the Soul Survivors systems, destroying them. Thor then has Volstagg apply his powers to try and revive Odin, to no avail. Then K'rll runs in screaming about how the Asgardians have destroyed everything and he will kill them all. Thor grabs him and is about to begin pounding on him, when Mjolnir suddenly flies into his hand. He then realizes that Odin is alive. Odin tells them that it is time to go home, then passes into the Odinsleep. They board the Starjammer and head home. Hogun asks Thor about Volstagg's new power, and Thor tells him that Odin must have passed the last of his power to Volstagg before he died, knowing that it could revive him. After finally arriving home, Thor takes Odin's sleeping form to the royal bedchamber, then one of the guards tells him that he is summoned to the throne room. There he finds the Enchantress and the Executioner, and on the throne is Loki.

Appearing in "What If Dr. Strange Had Been a Disciple of Dormammu?"

Reprint of the 1st story from
What If? #18

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Synopsis for "What If Dr. Strange Had Been a Disciple of Dormammu?"

Reprint of the 1st story from
What If? #18
Uatu the Watcher reminds the reader that events can always take a different path: that a distinction as apparently obvious as good and evil may be very slight indeed.

Doctor Strange, as established in the main universe, was an arrogant surgeon who cared more for his patients' money than their health. When his ability to operate was robbed from him due to injuries in a car accident, he sought out the Ancient One, who refused to hand him the easy cure he was hoping for. Instead, he let Strange stay at the retreat and witness Baron Mordo's treachery, thus realizing that greater forces were in the world than his own selfish ambitions, and setting his foot on the path that would lead him to becoming Master of the Mystic Arts.

In this world, however, things turned out differently. Mordo, directed by Dormammu, uses black magic to heal Strange's hands. Strange never learns to put aside his selfish ways, and when he returns to surgery his skills -- and arrogance -- only increase. Eventually he is convicted of malpractice and stripped of his license. Mordo approaches him in his anger and pride and promises to give Strange the power he really craves; he takes Strange as his student and warps his innate magical potential towards evil. When Mordo judges the time is right, he introduces Strange to his "real master," Dormammu. Strange willingly vows his service, to the horror of the Ancient One, who is watching from afar but cannot intervene.

The Ancient One assembles other masters of the mystic arts, including the Aged Genghis, Dr. Druid, Agatha Harkness, plus Wong and Victoria Bentley, to stand against Dormammu, but the others do not see how they can succeed if both Mordo and Strange are on his side. The Ancient One presents the Eye of Agamotto, his most powerful artifact, which among its many properties is a gateway to Eternity himself.

Dormammu summons Strange by night and tells him that he doesn't need two disciples. Strange quickly takes the hint and murders Mordo. This attracts the attention of Umar, who tricks him into freeing her from dimensional limbo. They become lovers, secretly plotting against one another all the while. Meanwhile, Dr. Druid and the Aged Genghis have found a scroll which will permit them to use Eternity's power against Dormammu.

A cloud of demonic wraiths, spying for Dormammu, find the gathered mystics at the Ancient One's castle. They cast a spell of protection just as Strange arrives to defeat them. As he summons demonic attackers against them, Dr. Druid's resolve breaks and he begins to chant the Eternity spell. The Eye of Agamotto expands, drawing Strange into its portal. Eternity himself appears to Strange and judges him unworthy, casting him back into the real world. Strange is initially shaken, but he soon returns to call upon Dormammu, demanding the power to destroy Eternity in return for the insult he has just received.

The Ancient One calls Hamir, Wong, and Victoria Bentley into his quarters, where he performs a ritual that allows them to become avatars of the three persons of the Vishanti. Though they will not fight the mystics' battle for them, they tell the Ancient One what he should do next. The next morning, the Eye of Agamotto comes to Strange in the form of a golden dove. When Dormammu sees it in Strange's possession, he realizes the man could destroy him and agrees to help him defeat Eternity, provided he defeats the Ancient One first. By now, both are seeing the other as an obstacle, while Umar hopes to goad them into destroying each other and then seize power for herself.

Doctor Strange, in the full costume of Sorcerer Supreme, attacks the Ancient One's circle of mystics with the Eye of Agamotto. But the light will not harm the old sorcerer and reflects back at Strange, forcing him to see the truth and goodness in his enemy. In retaliation he strikes them all down and flees through the portal to Eternity's realm. Dormammu unexpectedly joins him and seals him inside a lens, which he uses to focus his power on Eternity, since he cannot attack directly. Eternity responds in kind, leaving Strange caught in the middle. He realizes he must decide who wins -- good or evil, chaos or order. In a sudden moment of decision he chooses the good--

--and is thrown to the very feet of the Ancient One. Admitting his foolishness, he asks to become the aged sorcerer's disciple, who accepts him. The Ancient One tells him that he had to learn who and what Dormammu truly was, and who the Ancient One himself was, thus learning the lesson that the original Doctor Strange learned early in his career when he could not find the quick cure he sought.

Appearing in "Back to the Basics!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #232

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Synopsis for "Back to the Basics!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #232
Having laid low for many months, the alchemist known as Diablo begins plotting revenge against his long time foes the Fantastic Four. Working on his most recent potion, Diablo almost exposes himself when Mrs. Mulligan—the landlady in the boarding house he has rented—comes banging on his door to make sure her tenant is not cooking in his room. Assuming his guise of the elderly Mr. Olbaid, he assures the old crone that he is not cooking. Once she leaves, Diablo resumes his normal form and completes his potion, setting in motion his latest scheme to destroy the Fantastic Four.

At the Casa Tindolini hair salon, the Sue Richards is getting her hair restyled when suddenly the salon is attacked by a creature comprised of earth. As her hair dresser runs for cover, Sue removes her street clothes as her Fantastic Four costume turns visible, a trick she has been practicing for easier changing in combat situations. Realizing her opponent is too strong, she turns invisible and tires to rush to her purse and her flare-gun. Detecting her presence, Earth unleashes a torrent of dirt upon his prey, surrounding her in hardening grit.

Meanwhile, Ben and Alicia are exiting a Broadway performance of the Elephant Man, which has brought Ben to tears. Suddenly it begins to rain, but the Thing soon realizes that it is only raining around him. Before he can react, Ben suddenly finds himself surrounded in water. Trying to break free to prevent himself from drowning, the Thing tries to smash through the ground, but to no avail. While in Central Park, the Human Torch takes a more subtly approach when it comes to reconnecting with his old flame Frankie Raye. Frankie and Johnny admit their feelings for one another, but before they can discuss her issues with his being a super-hero, he is attacked by a creature comprised of air. While at the Baxter Building headquarters of the Fantastic Four, Reed Richards is working in his lab when he is suddenly attacked by a creature made of fire, he initially mistakes for Johnny. When the creature engulfs the upper floors of their headquarters, Reed curls up into a ball and bounces outside, then unfurls like a sail in order to glide to Central Park to seek out the Torch's aid.

There Reed runs into Frankie who tells him that Johnny is in trouble. While Reed tries to smother Air, Fire manages to catch up to them. Reed deduces that the best way to defeat their foes is to switch opponents. Challenging Fire, Johnny flames on and flies off into the sky with his foe not far behind, leaving Reed to tackle Air alone. Meanwhile back at the hair salon, Sue manages to free herself with an invisible force field. Seeking to get the rest of her team, she tries uses her invisibility powers in a new way: like a means of transport, she begins to race across the city with Earth not far behind. Elsewhere, Ben manages to get the better of Water by rushing into a sporting goods store where he is given an oxygen tank to breath with. However Water tries to kill one of the patrons, forcing Ben to let it try and envelope him again. Instead of surrounding the Thing, Water strikes Sue's invisible force field as she arrives on the scene. Sue then contains Water in a force bubble while the Thing smashes Earth to bits. However Earth is far from defeated, as it begins to reform it strikes him with a powerful blow.

Also arriving on the scene is Reed with Wind still trying to battle him. Realizing what is needed to defeat their foes, Reed has Sue free Water and contain Air. Grabbing some jumper cables, Reed destroys Water by exposing it to electricity. He then instructs Ben to destroy Earth by breaking open a water main. Exposed to water, Earth dissolves into harmless mud. Lastly, he has Sue increase the pressure within her force bubble, forcing Air—a gas—to assume a liquid form destroying it as well. High above the city, the Torch and Fire battle it out. Realizing how to defeat his foe, Johnny flies as high as possible an unleashes his nova flame, consuming all the oxygen from the immediate vicinity, causing Fire to extinguish. With his powers exhausted, Johnny safely lands in the East River where he is recovered by a tugboat.

Back at the Baxter Building, Reed explains to Ben and Sue that he has determined that their foe is Diablo. When Ben mentions how Diablo likely perished in their last encounter, Reed points out that their foe had cheated death before. Knowing how to catch Diablo, Reed puts in a call for help. Later that night Diablo tries to make his escape from the city, but is quickly nabbed by Reed Richards, who was waiting for him. Surprised his enemy was able to find him, Diablo learns that Reed was able to track him down after hearing that Diablo had stolen a number of mystical artifacts and enlisted the aid of Doctor Strange to help find him. With Diablo subdued, Reed thanks Doctor Strange for his help and takes Diablo off to prison.

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