Moscow:
the female Red Guardian swoops down to rescue a woman from a knife-wielding
robber but when the police arrive it is she who has to flee as she is the one
without official sanction. Red Guardian returns to her apartment to answer a
telephone call for her alter ego, neurosurgeon Dr. Tania Belinsky. It is
Doctor Strange from the United States who urgently needs her help—with a brain
transplant. All is arranged and Strange is able to return Jack Norriss’
consciousness to his body, leaving Nighthawk with the empty brain of Chondu the Mystic
in his skull. Valkyrie and Jack accompany the Hulk in his search for his
abducted fawn Bambi (which has Chondu’s consciousness in it) while Strange
remains behind to guard Kyle Richmond’s brain for transplantation….
At
the headquarters of the Headmen, Arthur Nagan shows Ruby Thursday and
Jerold Morgan the hideous results of his latest experiment; they are interrupted by
the arrival of Nebulon and Bambi/Chondu, the latter having tapped Nebulon’s
powers to bring them there. The fawn manages to explain everything about the
weird brain and mind switching operations and the Headmen concentrate on his
troubles for now. The irked Nebulon teleports himself back to his business….
Dr.
Tania Belinsky arrives in New York and is greeted by Dr. Strange and an
official from the State Department. She is accompanied by some minders who
pretend they are there for her protection but she confesses to Strange that
their chief job is to prevent her from defecting….
Hulk
goes to the Central Park Zoo where security guards try to prevent a disaster by
shooting him. Valkyrie drops from her horse Aragorn onto Hulk to prevent
disaster. Hulk gets mad and bounds away into the distance….
Chondu
awakens from anesthesia to discover that Nagan has transferred his mind into a
new body, one Nagan considers more functional: he now has four lampreys where
each arm had been, the legs and talons of a giant bird, red batlike wings, a
twisted horn on his head plus a snakelike mouth and tongue. He is
understandably a bit peeved; Ruby must restrain him from killing Nagan. She
explains that his mind is now immortal and if he wants a better body he can
find it himself and they will transfer his mind….
In
his new, gruesome body, Chondu swoops down on a construction site and carries
off a buff worker. Val and Jack, having lost track of Hulk (who has landed in
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #2), spot Chondu flying with his victim and pursue on
Aragorn. Chondu sees them, drops his victim on a rooftop and attacks. He
snatches Val off the horse’s back and she slices one of his wings off. They
both fall, crashing through the glass rooftop of a classy restaurant. As the
diners flee, Val beats the living hell out of her monstrous foe. Police arrive,
prevent her from killing Chondu, and place her under arrest….