The Winds of Watoomb are
devastating Manhattan accompanied by violent lightning strikes. Captain America
and the police are on the scene at the mercy of the evil elements; Cap tries to
explain what is going on to the lead detective but he knows it can only get
worse….
In the Death Dimension, the wizard
Xandu with his comatose bride Melinda Morrison by his side, has enslaved
skeletal versions of Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, and the Scarlet Witch but these
aren’t the real heroes. Strange mocks Xandu for creating undead parodies of his
captive enemies. Xandu is planning to merge the Death Dimension and Earth with
Death dominant and he will rule over the new realm. The demon lords resent this
plan so Xandu blasts the leader of the group, cowing the others. Wanda reminds
the villain that he endangers them all by being in the same world as his
unconscious lover. The heroes realize that Xandu is insane but he responds that
questions of sanity are beside the point so long as he holds the Wand of
Watoomb. Xandu frees the heroes who quickly discover that their powers are
ineffective against him. He sets the death demons on them, allowing them a
brief lead. Strange, Spidey, and Wanda slog through a miasmic swamp filled with
a thickened liquid. Then Wanda is seized by a tentacle which Spidey’s Spidey
Sense did not detect. Strange’s weakened spells have some effect on the monster
while Spidey uses a spear fashioned from a tree branch. As they continue on the
run, Strange realizes he was a fool for not bringing Captain America, who would
have been an asset in this situation. They hide beneath the water while the
demon lords go by; then, on Strange’s direction they head for Castle Skull….
Xandu is still presiding over the
two worlds slowly merging; Melinda awakens from her trance and pleads with him
not to let the two realms merge. The heroes arrive and there is a battle and
then the outer curves of the worlds touch…
,,,leading to more upheavals back
on Earth. As Cap watches in horror, the dead rise from their graves and head toward
the city and only Cap is there to stop them….
And Xandu gloats as though his
victory is certain….