Strange Tales Vol 1 128

	Published
	January, 1965
"Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch"
	Writer Stan Lee; Penciler Dick Ayers; Inker Frank Giacoia; Letterer Artie Simek; Editor Stan Lee;
"The Demon's Disciple!"
	Writer Stan Lee; Penciler Steve Ditko; Letterer Artie Simek; Editor Stan Lee;

For years I have stayed in hiding, increasing my knowledge – and my power – but now I need hide no longer – now my power is greater than that of Doctor Strange! And I shall prove it by defeating him!!

-- The Demon

Appearing in "Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Spider-Man (Vision)
Avengers (Vision)
- Captain America (Vision)
- Giant Man (Vision)
- Thor (Vision)
- Iron Man (Vision)
Daredevil (Vision)
Fantastic Four (Vision)
- Mr. Fantastic (Vision)
- Invisible Girl (Vision)
X-Men (Recap)
- Cyclops (Recap)
- Beast (Recap)
- Marvel Girl (Recap)
- Angel (Recap)
- Iceman (Recap)
- Professor X (Recap)
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Photo)
- Magneto (Recap)
- Mastermind (Photo)
- Toad (Photo)
Yancy Street Gang (Mentioned)

Locations:

Earth
- United States
  - New York
    - Manhattan
      - New York City
        Midtown
        42nd Street and Madison Avenue
        Baxter Building
- Atlantic Ocean
  - Bermuda Triangle
    - Magneto's Island

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch"

Wanting to be free of Magneto's rule, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch decide they should seek the aid of heroes in the United States. Traveling to New York, the two go to seek the help of the Fantastic Four. Unfortunately, the Thing and Human Torch are the only ones home and they have just seen a news bulletin identifying the two mutants as members of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. A fight soon breaks out that ends with both sides growing weary. Afterward, the two mutants decide that they're safest by Magneto's side, and the two Fantastic Four members allow them to leave.

Appearing in "The Demon's Disciple!"

Featured Characters:

Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Demonicus (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Disciple of the Demon
Seraphim (Invoked)
Munnopor (Invoked)
Cyttorak (Invoked)
Hoggoth (Invoked)
Vishanti (Invoked)
Raggador (Invoked)
Agamotto (Invoked) (only by the narrator)

Locations:

Earth-616
- New York City
  - Stephen Strange's Mansion

Items:

Cloak of Levitation
Eye of Agamotto
Orb of Agamotto
Spells
- Shades of the Seraphim (Invoked)
- Moons of Munnopor (Invoked)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Rings of Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Hosts of the Vishanti (Invoked)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Demon's Disciple!"

Doctor Strange is visited by a disciple of a mystic known as the Demon, but the Demon causes the man to disappear. Tracking the Demon to his lair, Doctor Strange is trapped in the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, until he travels out of his body and reads the Demon's spells to learn a way to free himself. Doctor Strange bests the Demon in mystic combat and casts a spell that makes the Demon renounce the mystic arts for the purposes of evil.

Notes

Continuity Notes

Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch

Although this story states that Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are mutants, years later it is revealed that the twins are not actually mutants at all. As revealed in Uncanny Avengers Vol 2 #4 they were actually genetically modified by the High Evolutionary. In order to cover up his work, he made it so the pair would register as mutants.
The pair owe their lives to Magneto, leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, because he once saved Wanda from an angry mob, as seen in X-Men #4.
Johnny recalls both his experiences with members of the X-Men: When they were thralls of the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master (Fantastic Four #28), and when he and Iceman battled Captain Barracuda (Strange Tales #120).
Although Pietro and Wanda decide to go back to Magneto after this story, it proves to be disastrous, as seen in X-Men #11. So much so they eventually return to America and join the Avengers in Avengers #16.

The Dilemma of.. The Demon's Disciple!

While the narrative states that Doctor Strange is returning from his battle with Dormammu from last issue, a number of stories that have been published in subsequent years have been cited as happening between those issues. Namely the flashback from Mortigan Goth: Immortalis #1 and Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual #1997.

Publication Notes

Story contains a 1-page pin-up: Doctor Strange-Master of the Mystic Arts by Steve Ditko.

Contains letters page: Strange Mails- Letters from Danny Harrison and "The Charades", Steve Perrin, Mike Passano, Bruce MacPherson, and Roy Cunningham
Also contains "The Mighty Marvel Checklist" with "And a Bunch of Memos from the Ol' Bullpen"

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