—The Mighty ThorSpider-Man, methinks thy knack for the arts of war doth rival that of my comrade Volstagg.
Appearing in "Earth 33⅓"
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- Rom
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Synopsis for "Earth 33⅓"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Whom Gods Destroy!"
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Other Characters:
- Harley
- John
- Martha
- George
- NYPD
- Horus (Mentioned)
- Osiris (Mentioned)
- Hela (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Heimdall (Invoked)
- Thanos (Mentioned)
- Odin (Mentioned)
- Volstagg (Mentioned)
- Lorna Dane (Mentioned)
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
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- Tugboat "Molly D"
Synopsis for "Whom Gods Destroy!"
Thor chases after the villain and attempts to strike him; however, the attack has little effect, and Thor is batted away like a mere insect. This doesn't stop Thor, who continues to battle on, but the two powerful beings are evenly matched. Spider-Man returns to the Living Monolith's base and realizes that Havok is the key to the Monolith's powers. Telling Thor, the thunder god tosses his hammer toward Havok in the hopes of destroying the machine. The Monolith laughs, as he has rigged the device with a booby-trap that will kill Havok if it's tampered with. Spider-Man quickly tries to stop Thor's hammer with a web line. He's pulled along with it and is unable to stop the hammer, but he throws off its course enough so that it doesn't strike Havok.
Leaving Thor to keep the Living Monolith busy, Spider-Man decides to go back and try to disarm the trap before freeing Havok. Thor knocks the Living Monolith out into New York Harbor, where the two battle it out. Away from the risk of harming any bystanders, Thor unleashes the full fury of his powers, creating a gigantic hurricane to keep the Monolith under wraps. Spider-Man checks things out through a pair of binoculars on the Empire State Building before returning to the Monolith's hideout. Easily knocking out the Monolith's men, Spider-Man uses his spider-sense to detect the booby trap and deactivate it.
Spider-Man frees Havok just as the Living Monolith is about to unleash a powerful blast of cosmic energy. With Havok free, the Monolith loses all his power, reverts to human form and is lost at sea. With the battle over, Thor ends the storm and returns to the mainland, where he meets with Spider-Man and Havok. With the Pharaoh defeated and his men rounded up, Havok realizes that his lover Polaris was knocked into the sea when he was kidnapped and is instantly worried about her wellbeing. Thor agrees to take Havok back with him and arrange with Tony Stark to have him sent home by the end of the evening. With this arrangement made, Havok and Thor bid farewell to Spider-Man and depart.Appearing in "What If Dr. Strange Had Been a Disciple of Dormammu?"
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Supporting Characters:
- Baron Mordo
- Ancient One
- Dormammu
- Umar
- Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)
- Hamir the Hermit (Possessed by the Vishanti)
- Turan Barim
- Rama Kaliph
- Agatha Harkness
- Count Carezzi
- Lord Phyffe
- Dr. Druid
- Aged Genghis
- Eternity
- Victoria Bentley (Possessed by the Vishanti)
- Wong (Possessed by the Vishanti)
Other Characters:
- Uatu
- Doctor Strange-616 (Only in recap)
- Ancient One-616 (Only in recap)
- Baron Mordo-616 (Only in recap)
- Vishanti (Possesses Hamir the Hermit, Victoria Bentley and Wong)
- Agamotto (Only in flashback)
- Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Oshtur (Invoked)
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Ebony
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Locations:
- Earth-616 (Only in recap)
- Earth-791218
- Earth
- Tibet
- United States of America
- Whisper Hill (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
- Latveria
- Munnopor (Invoked)
- Moons of Munnopor (Invoked)
- Dark Dimension (Mentioned)
- Seven Hells (Invoked)
- Earth
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Synopsis for "What If Dr. Strange Had Been a Disciple of Dormammu?"
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 "The Samurai Destroyer"
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Supporting Characters:
- Agents of the Light
- Ilongo Savage (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Richard Carson (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Genji Odashu (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
Antagonists:
- William McLaughlin (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Franklin Richards
- Alicia Masters
- Judith Johns (Only in flashforward)
- Deena James (Only in flashback and flashforward)
- Followers of the Light (Mentioned)
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Locations:
- Slovakia
- United States of America
- New York City, New York
- Los Angeles, California (Only in flashback)
- Madagascar (Only in flashback)
- Japan
- Mount Fujimoto
- Sanctuary
- Galapagos Islands (Only in flashforward)
Vehicles:
- Pogo Plane MK I
- Samurai Destroyer (First appearance) (Destroyed)
- Raydeen (Destroyed)
- Combatra (Destroyed)
- Dangard Ace (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "The Samurai Destroyer"
Meanwhile, as they are returning from a Broadway show, Ben and Alicia engage in a heart-to-heart that attracts the attention of passersby, the pair oblivious to the crowd that has gathered until they burst into applause. Ben is clearly piqued by the crowd's interest and drags Alicia back to the Baxter Building with impatient haste. As the couple arrive at the Fantastic Four's headquarters, Ben notices three mysterious figures loitering by the elevator, whose presence triggers an alert signal upstairs in the penthouse suite. As Reed, Sue and Johnny scramble to investigate the alarm, they find that Ben has already dealt with the situation as he introduces the Fantastic Four's three guests: Richard Carson, Ilongo Savage and Genji Odashu -- the human pilots of the Shogun Warriors. Carson explains that the giant robot responsible for the bullion theft had already systematically sought out and destroyed each of their own robots, hence the trio's need for the Fantastic Four's help.
As Franklin wanders in with a transistor radio it picks up a news bulletin describing the sighting of a giant robot near Mt. Fujimoto, and so the seven heroes are soon on their way to Japan in the Pogo Plane. As the Fantastic Four try to deal with the giant robot which is rampaging through a Japanese city, the Agents of the Light investigate the Sanctuary, their former base of operations now being used as a storage facility for the robot's plunder. The Fantastic Four are unable to halt the robot's rampage as it rips a bank off its foundations and absconds with it, before returning to the Sanctuary where it confronts the trapped Agents. The Samurai Destroyer, as the robot introduces itself, is actually a fourth Shogun Warrior-type robot, found half-built and constructed by its unnamed occupant, whose goal is nothing greater than wanton destruction and the acquisition of tremendous wealth.
The combined efforts of the Fantastic Four and the Agents of the Light are enough to overpower and destroy the robot, whose occupant is taken into custody. For the Agents, however, the victory is hollow, for with their giant robots destroyed they must face the prospect of living ordinary lives away from the superheroics to which they had become accustomed.