tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post7808949537844428075..comments2024-03-29T03:03:05.616-04:00Comments on Sanctum Sanctorum Comix: WHEN BLACK SMOKE TURNS WHITE… IS THEN FORGED A SILVER DAGGER. *FAVORITE FOES : ENTRY # 1~P~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-58917564003513302772013-03-28T07:50:38.954-04:002013-03-28T07:50:38.954-04:00I thought maybe:)
In Marvel Team-Up #76-77, Clare...I thought maybe:)<br /><br />In Marvel Team-Up #76-77, Claremont shows Silver Dagger reading the Shiatra Book of the Damned in the Vatican library during Curwen's time as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. This book was later retconned to be one of the many names of the Darkhold. I suspect, however, that Claremont's use of the term 'Damned' suggests a different intention, and thatNathan Adlerhttp://fanfix.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-7692839582701424722013-03-23T14:19:57.916-04:002013-03-23T14:19:57.916-04:00Mithrander,
Yes, the OATH was awesome, yet it was ...Mithrander,<br />Yes, the OATH was awesome, yet it was far from the only time someone got past Dr. Strange's defensive spells around the Sanctum.<br />Depending on the whims of the writer(s), such by-passing happens with alarming regularity.<br /><br />FULL-METAL-OX,<br />Yup, you point out the "caveat" that Steve Englehart used so that Silver Dagger could gain entry: ie; none of ~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-34057137149191740292013-03-22T23:18:18.703-04:002013-03-22T23:18:18.703-04:00How cool would it be to see a Strange story launch...How cool would it be to see a Strange story launching off the recent news by having Curwen appointed as the final pope!?Nathan Adlerhttp://fanfix.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-29330667639887433492013-03-20T14:16:34.000-04:002013-03-20T14:16:34.000-04:00The second Marvels mini-series has a reference to ...The second Marvels mini-series has a reference to the giant rabbit running loose in Greenwich.<br />I always thought it a shame Silver Dagger and Mordo couldn't hang out—"I was fit to be the leader of the church, but they decided I was morally questionable!" "Wow, I totally get where you're coming from—I was way better than the guy my mentor picked to replace me!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-12499675212678452342013-03-18T20:09:27.170-04:002013-03-18T20:09:27.170-04:00@ Mithrandir: Note also that Silver Dagger cleverl...@ Mithrandir: Note also that Silver Dagger cleverly exploited a flaw in Strange's defenses. In a sequence not shown above, Clea had summoned a rabbit--pulling it out of a hat in the time-honored stage tradition--as a joke; a later scene had her playing with the rabbit beneath the Sanctum's window. This was the opportunity that Silver Dagger (who had presumably been casing the joint) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-72005979981010372932013-03-17T10:57:59.525-04:002013-03-17T10:57:59.525-04:00Interesting post, interesting villain! The fact th...Interesting post, interesting villain! The fact that the silver dagger can pass through Doc's magic defenses reminds me to that story (don't remember its name, sorry) when Wong had cancer/mortal disease and Doc fought a cure for him (in a tiny bottle guarded by a demon). Then one tried to steal it from him and shot with an enchanted gun - Strange didn't expect that and the bullet wentMithrandirnoreply@blogger.com