Appearing in "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me!"
Thor #264
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Loki
- Executioner (Skurge)
- Kroda the Duellist
- Enchantress (Amora)
- Magrat
- Snaykar
- Storm Giants
- Ogre
- Grondar
- Destroyer
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis for "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me!"
Thor #264
Appearing in "The Power of Dr. Strange!"
Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #48
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Sara Wolfe
- Morgana Blessing (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Clea
- Wong
- Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)
- Daniel Drumm
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Tony (Bank robber)
- Bambu (Only in flashback)
- Gary (Bystander)
- Shirley (Bystander)
Locations:
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Greenwich Village
- Village Bank
- Sanctum Sanctorum
- World Trade Center
- Central Park
- Central Park Zoo
- Harlem
- Greenwich Village
- Manhattan
- Haiti (Only in flashback)
- Mississippi Bayou
- Jericho Drumm's Mansion
Items:
Synopsis for "The Power of Dr. Strange!"
Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #48
Later that evening while Strange relaxes with Clea and Wong they are suddenly visited by Brother Voodoo. Brother Voodoo has arrived asking Dr. Strange for help, and retells his origins and his first battle against a man who was possessed by the spirit of Damballah. He explains that after the battle ended he took possession of the Wangal of Damballah, the mystical amulet that allowed those who wear it to be possessed by Damballah. He had the Wangal stashed away inside his New Orleans Mansion. Recently the mansion was attacked by followers of Damballah who set it ablaze seriously injuring Voodoo's aid, Bambu.
With the story finished, Strange believes that there is something amiss with Brother Voodoo's tale and restrains him and uses the Eye of Agamotto on the Voodoo Master. To everyone's surprise, Brother Voodoo himself is wearing the Wangal of Damballa and is under the demon's control. Damballah flees the scene, with possession of Jericho's brother's soul, Strange chases after it, telling Voodoo to stay behind as he is the only one with the strength to stop the demon. Damballah meanwhile has found a new host body in a snake within a pet shop, transforming it into a humanoid serpent monster, which manages to flee from Dr. Strange before he can contain it.
Strange sends out his astral form to try and locate the creature and destroy it. Anticipating this move, Damballah had set up an illusion and uses it to keep Strange occupied long enough to possess the Sorcerer Supreme's body. Strange realizes he's been tricked and rushes back to his body where he travels into the astral plane and battles the creature and forces it out of his body before it can cause him to strangle a horse carriage driver. Once more in control of his body, Strange tracks the spirit to a hide out of his followers, where Damballah takes control of all of them and has them all send mystical attacks against Strange. As Strange is occupied with this attack, Damballah makes another bid to possess Brother Voodoo's body, but meets opposition from Clea when she erects a mystical barrier barring Damballah.
Having dealt with his followers, Strange sends his Cloak of Levitation and the Eye of Agamotto ahead to ensnare Damballah and then uses a mystical spell to separate Damballah from the spirit of Daniel Drumm and return it to Jericho's body. He then casts a magic spell to trap Damballah within the Wangal of Damballah forever. With the crisis averted, Brother Voodoo thanks Dr. Strange for his help and departs, leaving Clea to wonder if Voodoo used teleportation to enter and leave the Sanctum, or simply just climbed through the chimney.Appearing in "Back to the Basics!"
Fantastic Four #232
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Diablo (Esteban Corazon de Ablo)
- Elementals of Doom (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Mulligan (First appearance)
- Milo Tindolini (First appearance)
- Don (First appearance)
- Jan (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- United States of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Baxter Building
- Broadway
- Casa Tindolini (First appearance)
- Central Park
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York State
Items:
- Eye of Agamotto
- Cloak of Levitation
- Elemental Statues (First appearance)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Back to the Basics!"
Fantastic Four #232
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.