Marvel Graphic Novel Vol 1 23

Marvel Graphic Novel Vol 1 #23
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Art by: Dan Green
Cover Date	September, 1986
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "Into Shamballa"
Writer(s)	J.M. DeMatteis Dan Green
Penciler(s)	Dan Green
Inker(s)	Dan Green
Colorist(s)	Dan Green
Letterer(s)	Ken Bruzenak
Editor(s)	Carl Potts Rosemary McCormick-Lowy Margaret Clark

Appearing in "Into Shamballa"

Featured Characters:

•  Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) 

Supporting Characters:

• Hamir, the Hermit, the Silent One, the Living Shadow
• Lords of Creation / Lords of Shamballa / Shamballese Lords (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Maya, Queen of Illusion, the Queen of Shades (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Death (Referenced)
• Hippocrates (Referenced)
• Mammon (Referenced)
• Ancient One (Referenced)
• All That Is (Referenced)
• Sadhus (wandering ascetics)
• Agamotto (Referenced)
• Asmodeus (Referenced)
• Zoroaster (Referenced)
• The Devil (Mentioned)
• Cyttorak (Mentioned)
• Valtor (Mentioned)
• Seraphim (Mentioned)
• God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
• Aztecs (Referenced)
• Quetzalcoatl (Referenced)
• Krishna (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Demons (Invoked)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Asia
    • Himalayas
      • Shamballa (Mentioned)
    • India
  • North America
    • New York City, New York, United States of America
      • Greenwich Village
        • Sanctum Sanctorum
    • Yucatan
  • Southern India
    • Hindu temple (First appearance)
    • Bangalore (Referenced)
  • Great Britain
    • Lincolnshire (First appearance)
      • Dorrington Abbey (First appearance)
  • Atlantis (Mentioned)
  • Mu (Mentioned)
• Fourth Plane of Consciousness, the source of all magic (Referenced)

Items:

• Eye of Agamotto
• Cloak of Levitation
• The Book of Asmodeus (Referenced)
• The Secret Teachings of Zoroaster (Referenced)
• Spells
  • Cyttorak's Crimson Bands (Mentioned)
  • Vipers of Valtor (Mentioned)
  • Shades of the Seraphim (Mentioned)
  • Spell of Separation
• Krishna's flute (Referenced)
• Omphalos (Referenced)

Events and Eras:

• Last Golden Age (Mentioned)
• Great Cataclysm (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Into Shamballa"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

Doctor Strange returns to the Ancient One's Himalayan home to do homage to his departed master, and discovers that his mentor has left one last— and very baffling— gift.

Notes

• Plot by DeMatteis and Green, script by DeMatteis.
• Clark credited as editorial consultant.

Trivia

• In the Doctor Strange movie, Kamar-Taj's wi-fi password is "Shamballa", which may be a reference to the novel, or simply a reference to the mythical kingdom.

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Marvel Graphic Novel Vol 1 23

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Footnotes

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