Stephen
Strange and Kyle Richmond arrive at the “Dune People” commune in the Nevada
desert, summoned by the group leader to find Trish Starr. Kyle’s ex had come to
the commune and impressed everyone with her ability to organize and solve
problems. After a while she sank into depression, started studying mysticism
and meditation then withdrew from everyone. Then something happened that left
her acting like she was drugged, walking off into the desert and not returning;
they found Kyle's number in her address book and sent for him. Strange and Kyle
drive out into the desert where they literally crash into a mystic barrier.
They suit up as Doctor Strange and Nighthawk and Strange has his astral form
penetrate the barrier where he discovers Trish in a catatonic state. The magician
fights off some guardian demons and brings Trish back through. She seems okay
but when Strange looks into her mind he sees the face of his old enemy Shazanna
who has tricked him into opening a gateway for her and her soldiers to come
through to our world to conquer it. The heroes are captured and imprisoned in a
magic cube made from their own life energies so to try to escape would be
literal suicide. But Strange reaches through Trish’s mind to enter Shazanna’s
and broadcast a message to Clea back in New York….
As
Shazanna is about to have Trish executed, Hulk, Valkyrie, Red Guardian, and
Clea come to the rescue, freeing Strange and Nighthawk from their prison, and
defeating Shazanna and her army. Strange forces them back to their own
dimension, erecting a barrier to prevent their return.