Rise of the Darkhold The hidden history of the book written by the Elder God, Chthon The Darkhold has connections to Werewolf By Night, Dracula, Blade, Modred the Mystic and many other characters in the Marvel Universe Featued are the individual issues that comprise the Avengers/Docctor Strange Rise of the Darkhold trade paperback

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Marvel ⋅ 1972

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2nd appearance of Werewolf by Night

First mention of the Darkhold

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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3rd appearance of Werewolf by Night

Introduction of the Darkhold

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First Werewolf By Night solo title series continued from Marvel Spotlight #4

Interior artwork inspired end credits of the Werewolf By Night Disney+ special

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1st appearance of Dragonus, a demon in the employ of Chthon who could be summoned by a Darkhold spell from a different dimension

Marvel ⋅ 1974

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First battle of Dracula versus Werewolf By Night, part one of a two-part crossover continuing in Werewolf By Night #15

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First battle of Dracula versus Werewolf By Night, conclusion of a two-part crossover continued from Tomb of Dracula #18

Origin of Werewolf By Night

Marvel ⋅ 1974

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Blade discovers he is immune to vampirism because he is part vampire

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance of The Other, a manifestation of Chthon, an Elder God and writer of the Darkhold

1st appearance of Modred the Mystic

Marvel ⋅ 1976

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2nd appearance of Modred the Mystic

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Origin of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch

First meeting of Modred- possessed by Chthon, and Wanda, where she encounters the Darkhold

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Chthon appears as a cloud entity and possesses the Scarlet Witch

1st appearance of Magda, the wife of Magneto and mother to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch

Origin of Scarlet Witch and Pietro, told by Bova

Hinted that Magneto is the father of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch

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Origin of the Darkhold

Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Doctor Strange battles the Children of the Night who have been summoned by Dracula and a cult of Darkholders

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In pursuit of the Darkhold, Dracula and the Darkholders battle Doctor Strange, Hannibal King, Captain Marvel, and Scarlet Witch

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Origin of vampires and how they are linked to the Darkhold

First meeting of Doctor Strange and Blade

First team-up of Blade, Hannibal King and Frank Drake who would later form Borderline Investigations aka the Nightstalkers

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Battle of Doctor Strange versus Dracula

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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1st official team appearance of Blade, Hannibal King and Frank Drake who would later form Borderline Investigations aka Nightstalkers

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1st full appearance of Rintrah, an alien apprentice to Dr. Strange

Final issue of the 1974 series

Thor #332

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Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Thor versus Dracula

Two issue arc that follows up on events that occurred in the Doctor Strange series

Thor #333

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Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Thor versus Dracula

Two issue arc that follows up on events that occurred in the Doctor Strange series

Curtis ⋅ 1974

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Introduction of the Montesi Formula, a spell from the Darkhold that could be used to destroy vampires

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1st appearance of Speedball

First artwork on Spider-Man by Mark Bagley

Origin of Chthon in a back-up story, how his essence was locked away in Wundagore Mountain - story continues in X-Men Annual #12 (1988)

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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1st official team appearance of the X-Babies, childlike clones created by Mojo

Previous appearance of the X-Babies were the actual X-Men de-aged by Mojo

Origin of the High Evolutionary

1st cameo appearance of Matthew Plunder as a baby, the son of Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil

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Part one of a back-up story The Book of the Vishanti: The Curse of the Darkhold

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1st appearance of Victor Strange, the brother of Doctor Strange who later becomes Baron Blood, a vampire

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Origin of Varnae the Vampire

Origin of the Darkhold, the assembly of Chthon's pages to form the book

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Origin of the Darkhold, the Montesi family, caretakers of the book

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Origin of vampirism

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Victor Strange becomes Baron Blood

1st appearance of Varney the vampire, not to be confused with Varnae the vampire

Controversial cover: In 1990, Christian singer Amy Grant sued Marvel for her likeness being used on the cover of this issue, fearing her audience would view it as an association with the occult

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406-page trade paperback that collects:

Marvel Spotlight #3 and #4

Werewolf By Night #1, #3 and #15

Tomb of Dracula #18 and #19

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Marvel Chillers #1 and #2

Avengers #185 - #187

Doctor Strange (1963 series) #59 - #62 plus #67 and #81

Thor (1962 series) #332 and #333

Partial material collected from:

Dracula Lives #6

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22

Uncanny X-Men (1963 series) Annual #12

Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #9 - #13 and #15

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