Marvel Premiere Vol 1 8

Marvel Premiere Vol 1 #8 Published May, 1973 Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas Cover Artist Jim Starlin Tom Palmer Gaspar Saladino "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!" Writer Gardner Fox Penciler Jim Starlin Inker Frank Giacoia David Hunt Colourist Petra Goldberg Letterer Jean Izzo Editor Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue Marvel Premiere #7 Marvel Premiere #9

Appearing in "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!"

Featured Characters:

• Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

• Clea
• Wong
• Henry Gordon
• Blondine
• Eternal Vishanti (Recap)
  • Agamotto (Recap)
  • Hoggoth (Recap)
  • Oshtur (Recap)

Antagonists:

• Shuma-Gorath (Mentioned)
• N'Gabthoth (Recap)
• Dagoth (Recap)
• Sligguth (Recap)
• Ebora (Recap)
• Serpent Men of Starkesboro (Recap)
• Death
• Shadowmen of Kaa-U (Recap)
• Demons
• Kathulos (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Ancient One (Invoked)
• Faltine (Invoked)
• Seraphim (Invoked)
• Cyttorak (Invoked)
• All-Freeing (Invoked)
• Valtorr (Invoked)
• Raggadorr (Invoked)
• Ikonn (Invoked)
• Watoomb (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Faltine (Invoked)
• Demons
• Old Ones
• Serpent Men of Starkesboro (Recap)
• Shadowmen of Kaa-U (Recap)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Penmallow
          • Witch House (Destruction)
      • Wiltshire
        • Amesbury
          • Stonehenge
  • China (Recap)
    • Tibet (Recap)
      • Kaa-U the Accursed (Recap)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Cloak of Levitation
• Eye of Agamotto
• Flames of the Faltine
• Shield of the Seraphim
• Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
• Vapors of Valtorr

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!"

Defending his friends and eventually stopping the mystical trap set upon Witch House, Dr. Strange then 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.

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