For lo, these hundreds of years, I have fed my hate, planned my return! The destruction of my companion will be all the more sweet because I shall accomplish it alone, with no aid from anyone -- or anything! 
Appearing in "Death Before Dishonor!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- ⏴ Agent "Dum Dum" Dugan ⏵
- Hogan (First appearance)
- ⏴ Agent Jasper Sitwell ⏵
- Numerous unnamed agents
- Supreme International Council
- Unnamed Lieutenant General
- Numerous unnamed members
Antagonists:
- THEM
- A.I.M.
- ⏴ Count Bornag Royale ⏵
- Numerous unnamed agents
- A.I.M.
Other Characters:
- Colonel Nick Fury LMD (Destroyed)
- Bornag Royale's Chauffer
- Soupy Sales (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Sam Hill (Invoked)
- Tom Swift (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Daily Bulletin (Named only)
- United States Army
- Numerous unnamed military personnel
Races and Species:
- Robots
- Humans
- Hyenas (Mentioned)
- Apes (Mentioned)
- Androids
- Bulls (Mentioned)
- Birds (Referenced)
- Foxes (Mentioned)
- Buzzards (Referenced)
- Goats (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
- Pentagon (Referenced)
- Maryland
- Baltimore
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Airfield
- Baltimore
- United States of America
- North America
Items:
- Life-Model Decoy
- Restora-Tank (First appearance)
- Tri-di-roentgen Hand-gun (First appearance)
- Thermal Torch (Mentioned)
- A.I.M. Electronic Jammer (First appearance)
- Hypno-Lite (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Bornag Royale's Car
- A.I.M. Transport Shuttle
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
Synopsis for "Death Before Dishonor!"
Dugan is desperate and shattered when he thinks Fury is killed in a fire-bombing attack by A.I.M., only to discover it was a Life Model Decoy that got "killed". But the A.I.M. prisoners he wanted interrogated were killed, which frustrates Fury-- who, along with Dum Dum & Jasper, realize their movements are under video-surveillance by the enemy! Meanwhile, Count Royale and his A.I.M. cohorts are amazed at how advanced & convincing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s L.M.D.s are, far more advanced than their own chemical androids, and determine to steal one. A squad of A.I.M. men break into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s underground base to steal an L.M.D. Just as Royale realizes Fury knew about the surveillance cameras, Fury stuns the crowd by shattering a viewport and leaping thru it to his apparent death, but parachutes to safety.
Appearing in "The Origin of the Ancient One!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Ancient One ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Vishanti (Mentioned)
- Hoggoth (Referenced)
- Ragadorr (Invoked)
- Numerous unnamed villagers (Only in flashback)
- Misha (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Dormammu (Mentioned)
- Eternity (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North America
- Asia (Only in flashback)
- Earth
- Raggadorr (Mentioned)
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Spells
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Referenced)
- Rings of Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Book of the Vishanti
Synopsis for "The Origin of the Ancient One!"
As the Ancient One begins his tale of his past and his relationship with the mystical being known as Kaluu, Kaluu in his own realm having captured the Book of the Vishanti studies it. Finding nothing useful to him Kaluu banishes it.
Five centuries ago, in the Himalayan land of Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One (whose real name is never given) and Kaluu grew up together and studied magic. They cast a spell of prosperity on their village. Kaluu wanted to use his power to serve his own ego, so he hypnotized the other villagers. They crowned him king and followed him in an attack on a neighboring village. The watchful Ancient One finally spoke out, warning that the prosperity spell would be broken by this hostile act. Kaluu put him in stasis and forced him to witness the battle, the looting, and the enslavement of the other village. The Ancient One's prediction came true, and a plague struck the village. Kaluu fled into another dimension, breaking the stasis spell.
Back in the present, Strange learns that Dormammu's attack on Eternity loosened the boundaries of the multiverse, so Kaluu has escaped. Finishing his tale, the Ancient One warns his disciple to brace himself as he sense that Kaluu is about to attack.