Nebulon
deposits Doctor Strange, Red Guardian, and Luke Cage on a remote, storm-wracked
world to get them out of his hair. He again reminds them that his mission on
Earth is to bring salvation to the inhabitants and then he leaves. Strange
tries some magic but learns it attracts lightning. They find refuge in a cave,
where Strange is able to make a magic fire but his powers are unpredictable.
And then they are attacked by a huge monkey-like monster….
Back
at the hospital, Jack Norriss tells Kyle Richmond that the others have been
kidnapped by Porcupine and Eel. Kyle heads out to take action, Jack tailing
along behind….
In
jail, Valkyrie has only one friend, the meek Shirley; in the mess hall, Felicia,
the big bully, puts out her cigarette in Val’s food and Val responds by dumping
it on the bully’s head. But the guards only see this last part and Shirley is
too afraid to stand up for Val, so it is our heroine who is punished….
On
the alien world, Luke Cage manages to defeat the big monster in battle but
then, tiny biting insects swarm all over Red Guardian….
Kyle
dons his Nighthawk outfit and heads to the Celestial Mind Control HQ where he
crashes in and does battle with an army of Bozos before confronting the
disguised Nebulon, demanding to know where his fellow Defenders are. The bald
little man directs him through a doorway…
…and
Nighthawk finds himself on the alien world with Strange and the others.
Learning of a door to Earth, Strange is able to marshal his thoughts and locate
it from their side. The heroes smash through against the combined might of the
Bozos. Porcupine and Eel show up to fight, the insects die on Earth and drop
off of Red Guardian, and the good guys battle the bad guys. And then the monkey
monster comes thought the door….
Interlude:
In the Grand Canyon a couple, Sally and Stu encounter an elderly Indian. Stu
wonders if it is a vision. The Indian reveals himself to be the Elf with a Gun
and he shoots….
Dr.
Strange fights the monkey monster, while Cage takes on the Eel. Cage grabs him
in a bear hug and then learns that the guy is electrified. And slippery.
Nighthawk kicks Porcupine into Eel and they are both knocked out, Eel
electrocuting Porcupine whose weight crushes Eel. Strange, unable to master the
power to defeat his foe, manages finally to trap the monster in the Crimson
Bands of Cyttorak. They decide to go home and call the police while the trapped
monster transforms….