Marvel Premiere Vol 1 8

Marvel Premiere Vol 1 #8
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Art by: Jim Starlin, Tom Palmer and Gaspar Saladino
Cover Date	May, 1973
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Roy Thomas

1. "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!"
Writer(s)	Gardner Fox
Penciler(s)	Jim Starlin
Inker(s)	Frank Giacoia David Hunt
Colorist(s)	Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s)	Jean Izzo
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

Appearing in "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!"

Featured Characters:

• Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

• Wong
• Henry Gordon
• Blondine
• Clea

Antagonists:

• Demons
• Kathulos (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Shuma-Gorath (Mentioned)
• Faltine (Invoked)
• Seraphim (Invoked)
• Cyttorak (Invoked)
• All-Freeing (Invoked)
• Dagoth (Recap)
• Sligguth (Recap)
• Shambler from the Sea (N'Gabthoth) (Recap)
• Ebora (Recap)
• Serpent Men of Starkesboro (Recap)
• Eternal Vishanti (Recap)
  • Agamotto (Recap)
  • Hoggoth (Recap)
  • Oshtur (Recap)
• Death
• Ancient One (Recap)
• Shadowmen of Kaa-U (Recap)
• Valtorr (Invoked)
• Raggadorr (Invoked)
• Ikonn (Invoked)
• Watoomb (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Faltine-Mhuruuk Hybrids
• Faltine (Invoked)
• Demons (Main story and recap)
• Set-Spawn (Recap)
• Old Ones (Main story and recap)
• Primal Gods (Recap)
• Serpent-Men (Recap)
• Abstract Entities
• Shadowmen of Kaa-U (Recap)
• Sheep (Mentioned)
• Cats (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earthspace (Main story and recap)
  • Earth (Main story and recap)
    • Europe
      • United Kingdom
        • England
          • Cornwall
            • Penmallow
              • Witch House (Destruction)
          • Wiltshire
            • Amesbury
              • Stonehenge
    • Asia (Recap)
      • China (Recap)
        • Tibet (Recap)
          • Kamar-Taj (Recap)
    • North America (Recap)
      • United States of America (Recap)
        • New England (Recap)
          • Maine (Recap)
            • Starkesboro (Recap)
  • Kathulos (Planet) (All life on its surface dies.)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Cloak of Levitation
• Eye of Agamotto
• Spells
  • Flames of the Faltine
  • Shield of the Seraphim
  • Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
  • Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
  • Vapors of Valtorr
  • Crimson Crystals of Cyttorak

Synopsis for "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!"

Defending his friends and eventually stopping the mystical trap set upon them inside the Witch House, Doctor Strange uses his power to destroy the haunted place. He then set's about his next mission: To go to Stonehenge, alone, in spite of Clea's misgivings.

Traveling there, Strange battles a number of winged demons sent by another agent of Shuma Gorath: Kathulos. Defeating the demons in battle, Strange is able to transport himself to Kathulos' realm via a portal through Stonehenge. There he finds that Kathulos is actually an entire planet, manifesting himself as a Venus flytrap as a human head. Kathulos informs Strange that he is on a distant planet and the whole episode was a trap to get Strange as far away from Earth as possible. Strange battles Kathulos, and eventually cuts off the creatures source of power, causing it to wilt and die.

Notes

• Features concepts created by Robert E. Howard.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Marvel Premiere Vol 1 8
• 2 reprint(s) of Marvel Premiere Vol 1 8

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