| Jasper Sitwell |  Colonel... did I... did I hear you say you were leaving me in charge?  |
| Colonel Nick Fury | Yeah! I figgered it's time to scrape the bottom of the barrel! |
Appearing in "Hydra Lives!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- ⏴ Agent Jasper Sitwell ⏵
- ⏴ Agent "Dum Dum" Dugan ⏵
- Numerous unnamed agents
- Supreme International Council
- Unnamed Lieutenant General
- Senator Dudley (Name revealed)
- Numerous unnamed members
- Tom
Antagonists:
- Hydra
- ⏴ Supreme Hydra ⏵ (Impersonates Don Caballero)
- Numerous Robot Pharaohs
- Two unnamed agents
Other Characters:
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
- Benito Mussolini (Mentioned)
- United States Army
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
- CIA (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- South America (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Africa
- Egypt
- Karnopolis (First appearance)
- Sahara Desert
- Egypt
Items:
- Anti-Shock Seat (First appearance)
- S.H.E.I.L.D. Destruct Horn (First appearance)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Sound Gun (First appearance)
- Unidentified S.H.I.E.L.D. Prototype Camera Projector
Vehicles:
Events:
- World War II (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Hydra Lives!"
"Don Cabellero", on the urging of an undercover S.H.I.E.L.D. man, invites Fury to a grand party he's holding in the ancient ruins of Karnopolis, in the Sahara Desert. Caballero is merely a disguise for the new Supreme Hydra, who knew the man who made the suggestion was a spy all along. Senator Dudley, who earlier appeared to know nothing about HYDRA, later turns out to have helped Fury in setting up the meeting. After surprising Sitwell with the news that he is going, Fury then puts Sitwell in command while he's gone. Just then, a sonic boom shakes the HQ, as the "Overkill Horn", a sonic weapon designed to detonate a nuclear missile, is being tested.
Appearing in "The Conquest of Kaluu!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Denak (Referenced)
- Vishanti (Mentioned)
- Valtorr (Invoked)
- Raggadorr (Invoked)
- Marduk (Mentioned)
- Cyttorak (Invoked)
- Seraphim (Invoked)
- Satannish the Supreme (Invoked)
- Amtor the Unspeakable (Invoked)
- Numerous unnamed Mindless Ones
- Dormammu (Mentioned)
- Watoomb (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Demons (Referenced)
- Griffins
- Mindless Ones
- Faltine Hybrids
- Faltine
Locations:
Items:
- Spells
- Demons of Denak (Referenced)
- Vipers of Valtorr (Invoked)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Invoked)
- Shades of the Seraphim (Invoked)
- Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Flames of the Faltine (First appearance)
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Book of the Vishanti
- Wand of Watoomb (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Conquest of Kaluu!"
Furious that Doctor Strange and the Ancient One had escaped his attack, Kaluu realizes that the two had used mystic candles to travel out into other realms to try and find the Book of Vishanti, the one thing that might defeat him, however when he tries to blow out the candles he finds that he is unable to do so.
Traveling through time and space, Doctor Strange and the Ancient One travel to Ancient Babalyonia and battle the Griffin, and finally find the Book of the Vishanti. Freeing the book, Strange returns to his Sanctum alone to use it against Kaluu. Attacking Strange with a mystic bolt, Kaluu doesn't expect Strange to use the book as a shield. The mystic bolt is deflected back at Kaluu stunning him.
From his Sanctum in the Himalayas, the Ancient One casts a spell that once again banishes Kaluu to another realm. While in the Dark Dimension, Clea fears that none other than Doctor Strange can hold back the Mindless Ones that had been kept in check during Dormammu's dominion over the realm. However, before she can summon Strange, Dormammu's sister Umar appears in the realm from her banishment to take over control of her brother's former kingdom.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- This issue contains a letters page, "Strange Mails". Letters are published from, Donnie Butler, Larry Johnson, Lise Bredbrenner, Carl Gafford.
Pop Culture and Historical Notes[]
- While looking through the S.H.I.E.L.D. Prototype Camera Projector, Dugan remarks that if they're lucky they'll see The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was a popular television show that featured a spy agency similar to S.H.I.E.L.D. that ran from 1964 to 1968. Stan Lee went on record in saying that the creation of Marvel's organization of S.H.I.E.L.D. was inspired by that television series.[1]
- When the Ancient One says "we shall shake him or endure the worst", with a footnote by Stan Lee offering "a special no-prize to the first merry marcher who recognizes that pseudo-Shakespearian gem!" In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (c. 1599), at the end of Act I, Scene II, Cassius says "For we will shake him, or worse days endure."
