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Doctor Strange in The Multiverse o Madness - The Loop
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Appearing in "Black Colossus"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Princess Yasmela (First appearance)
- Yasmela's counselors (First appearance)
- Malthom (First appearance) (Leader of the lancers)
- Count Thespides (First and only known appearance; dies) (Leader of the Knights)
- Taurus (First appearance)
- Army of Khoraja (First appearance)
- Knights (First appearance)
- Light cavalry (First appearance)
- Khoraja spearmen / Maltholm's lancers (First appearance)
- Archers (First appearance)
- Fahim (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Thugra Khotan / Natohk, the Veiled One (First appearance) (Death) (Main story and flashback)
- Natohk's army / "Desert hordes" (First appearance)
- Katuman, the giant rebel prince from Stygia (First appearance)
- Natohk's emissary (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Shevatas the Thief (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
- Vathelos (Referenced)
- Skelos (Referenced)
- Yasmela's handmaidens (First appearance)
- Vateeza (First appearance)
- Priests of Ishtar (Mentioned)
- Forgotten Oracle of Mitra (Mentioned)
- Vateeza's father (priest of Mitra in Ophir) (Mentioned)
- Khossus (First appearance) (Yasmela' brother) (Vision)
- King of Koth (Amalrus)[1] (Mentioned)
- King of Ophir (Mentioned)
- Ishtar / Asthoreth (Mentioned)
- Mitra (Statue and voice)
- Crom (Invoked)
- Bel, God of Thieves (Invoked)
- Set, the Serpent God (Mentioned)
- Zugite Cult (Mentioned)
- Mannanan Mac Lir (Invoked)
- Lir (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Vampires (Mentioned)
- Werewolves (Mentioned)
- Camels (Main story and flashback)
- Scorpions
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Hyboria (Main story and flashback)
- Ruins of Kuthchemes (First appearance)
- Zamboula, Turan (Referenced)
- Stygia (Referenced)
- Acheron (Referenced)
- Shem (Referenced)
- Akbitana (Mentioned)
- Zamora (Mentioned)
- Zingara (Referenced)
- Koth (Mentioned)
- Ophir (Mentioned)
- Corinthia (Mentioned)
- Cimmeria (Mentioned)
- River Shushan (Mentioned)
- Khoraja (First appearance)
- Khoraja (First appearance)
- Palace (First appearance)
- Shrine of Mitra (First appearance)
- Palace (First appearance)
- Khoraja (First appearance)
- Well of Altaku (Mentioned)
- Pass of Shamla (Mentioned)
- Hyboria (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Iron-Bound Books of Vathelos and Skelos (Referenced)
Events:
Synopsis for "Black Colossus"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Blackmark (Chapter 2)"
Featured Characters:
- Blackmark
Synopsis for "Blackmark (Chapter 2)"
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Appearing in "The Beast from the Abyss"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Picts
- Brule
- Monartho (First and only known appearance; dies)
- Grogar (First appearance)
- "Beast from the Abyss" / Zugthuu the Slitherer (First and only known appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Kamulaans
- Baron Ergon of the Northern Shore (First and only known appearance; dies)
- Zareta (First and only known appearance; dies)
- Taligaro, the elfin poet (First and only known appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
Events:
Synopsis for "The Beast from the Abyss"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- "Black Colossus" is adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
- "The Beast from the Abyss" is adapted from Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter's "Black Abyss" and was reprinted in Conan the Barbarian Annual #3 (Lin Carter completed an unfinished manuscript of Howard, and published it in 1967).
- "The Beast from the Abyss"'s inks are credited to Crusty Bunkers (i.e. Heath, Adams, Giordano and Weiss).
- The issue also includes Chronicles of the Sword, an article by Lin Carter. It is continued in the next issue.
Trivia
- "The Beast from the Abyss" is also the name of an essay of Robert E. Howard.
See Also
Links and References
References
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #3; At the Mountains of the Moon-God, recap
- ↑ Marvel Zombies: The Book of Angels, Demons & Various Monstrosities #1; Demons' entry
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