You magicians are altogether alike! You rip out our innermost souls-- And feed on them for your cursed worked! I hate you magician-- I hate you! But you are the lucky one, Dr. Strange-- you only hear the words-- you cannot think-- you cannot know-- you cannot feel-- the pain--! 
Appearing in "Portal to the Past!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Clea
- Wong
- Gypsies
- Stavros (First appearance)
- Witch Queen of the Gypsies (Lilia) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Living Gargoyle (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Nightmare (Only in recap)
- Shadowmen of Kaa-U (Only in recap)
- Ancient One (Only in recap)
- Serpent Men of Starkesboro (Only in recap)
- Ebora (Only in recap)
- Sligguth (Only in recap)
- Shambler from the Sea (N'Gabthoth) (Only in recap)
- Dagoth (Only in recap)
- Kathulos (Only in recap)
- Shuma-Gorath (Only in recap)
- Seraphim (Invoked)
- Unnamed Manager (Rent-A-Car)
- Dracula (Mentioned)
- Baron Mordo (Only in flashback)
- Cagliostro (Mentioned)
- Dark Gods (Referenced)
- Hoggoth (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Faltine Hybrids
- Lizards
- Shadowmen of Kaa-U (Only in recap)
- Serpent-Men (Only in recap)
- Set-Spawn (Only in recap)
- Old Ones (Only in recap)
- Demons (Main story and recap)
Locations:
- Prime Universe
- Earthspace
- Solar System
- Earth
- Central America
- North America
- Ancient One's Temple (Referenced)
- Europe
- Transylvania
- Carpathian Mountains (Referenced)
- Transylvanian Alps (Referenced)
- Sun
- Earth
- Solar System
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earthspace
- Void Between Time
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Spells
- Shades of the Seraphim (Invoked)
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Book of Cagliostro (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Portal to the Past!"
Finding Dr. Strange in the desert, Clea and Wong learn of the fate of the Ancient One, the defeat of Shuma-Gorath and Strange's ascension to the title of Sorcerer Supreme. Returning to Strange's Sanctum in New York, Strange decides to take Clea up as his disciple and then leaves to make peace with Baron Mordo.
Arriving in Transylvania, Strange begins to look for his old foe and becomes captured by the Gypsy Queen, who hates all magicians after Baron Mordo seduced her only to steal the Book of Cagliostro. She then uses the enthralled Strange to travel with her to Baron Mordo's castle, where he fights the Living Gargoyle to gain possession of the book. During the fight the Gypsy Queen is knocked out, freeing Strange from her control. When she sees for herself how noble Strange is, she sacrifices her life to help stop the Living Gargoyle. After the battle, Strange looks over the Book of Cagliostro and learns that its power could disrupt the pillars of the universe because Cagliostro learned a spell on how to change the past without altering one's future. Strange then travels backwards in time to find and stop Baron Mordo.
Notes
- Cover art: pencils and inks by Brunner, colours by Wein [1]
- Shuma-Gorath previously appeared in Marvel Premiere #10. He will appear next in Marvel Premiere #14.