In the underground temple, the Inhumans (Black Bolt, Medusa,
Triton, Karnak, Gorgon) have found the huge Idol of Yin and watched as its single
eye opened. Black Bolt seizes the glowing eye to examine it but it flies off
from his hands. He pursues it at great speed but it is soon lost in the temple’s
maze of tunnels. The team splits up to search for it. But it is the Mandarin
using the power of one of his rings to draw it to himself. The scholar who
uncovered all of the details about the idol asks for his reward so Mandy surprises
him by teleporting him to another dimension. Karnak comes upon the villain who
uses ring power to open the floor up under the hero but Medusa is able to snatch
him to safety with her hair. Triton joins them to fight the baddie who traps
them inside an invisible chamber which he begins to fill with water. Black Bolt
and Gorgon arrive and break open the water chamber. Mandarin reveals that he
has absorbed the power of the idol’s eye into his rings and now he is capable
of making the seas boil or destroying cities with tornadoes or even nuking the
moon. Gorgon stomps the ground to stagger the baddie, Triton tries to jump Mandarin
but fails so Black Bolt creates a hypnotic pattern in the air, immobilizing their
foe. They carry the bad guy out of the tunnel but leave the ten rings behind as
Black Bolt seals the cavern up forever….
Excelsioring your collection
Story #2…And to All a Good Night
Writer:
Roy Thomas.
Penciler:
Gene Colan.
Inker:
Bill Everett.
Colorist:
Unknown.
Letterer:
Art Simek.
Synopsis
A young man is about to jump from a bridge when he is halted by Ivan Petrovich who shows him the Black Widow’s calling card. The young man is confused but Ivan bullies him into the car and locks the door, calling to tell Natasha that they are coming, while she is in the shower. As she dresses, Ivan brings the young man to Mammon Towers where a private elevator takes them to the 22nd floor—its only stop. Natasha introduces herself and persuades the young man to tell his story. He left Utah to come to the big city to start a new, exciting life. While sleeping on a park bench he was found by the Astrologer who had a “family” that robbed and stole based on the Astrologer’s forecasts and the young man eagerly joined them. Then the Astrologer outlined a plan to hijack all of the Type O-negative blood in the city and hold it for ransom; the young man balked and was beaten up by the Astrologer’s thugs. He fled and was planning suicide when Ivan Petrovich found him. There is a phone call and it’s the Astrologer’s gang announcing they are coming to kill the young man—and Natasha and Ivan….
The public elevator takes the bad guys only to the 21str floor and when they walk up the last flight, they are met by Ivan who leaps into battle. Other hoods climb down from the roof and Black Widow fights them on the terrace. Then she is hit in the head so to protect her, the young man throws himself at her attacker and both men go over the ledge to their deaths. A shattered Natasha calls the police to report the death of a young man whose name she didn’t know—but he was her friend….