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Tiboro (Earth-616) from Strange Tales Vol 1 129 0001
Tiboro
Quote1 I suspected that my activities would attract your attention! I hoped to go on without your interference! But, now I must deal with you before I continue! Quote2
Stephen Strange (Earth-616) from Strange Tales Vol 1 127 0001
Doctor Strange
Quote1 All the mystic forces must deal with Doctor Strange! Quote2

Appearing in "The Terrible Trio!"

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Synopsis for "The Terrible Trio!"

When the Torch learns that the Terrible Trio are on the loose again, he cuts a golf date with Doris short in order to search for them. The Trio get the drop on the Torch and manage to defeat him and tie him down. However, not before he calls the Thing for help, who is also similarly captured. The two are bound to railroad tracks, but when the oncoming train arrives, the Thing is able to stop it with his feet. Breaking free the two heroes quickly capture the Trio.

Appearing in "Beware... Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!"

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Synopsis for "Beware... Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!"

Although asked to appear on a T.V. show called "The Twelfth Hour" to discuss black magic, Dr. Strange has refused so the show begins airing live at midnight without him. Since Strange had refused their invitation, the three panelists reject him as an authority on the world of the supernatural and declare that black magic exists only in fiction. As proof, they bring out an effigy called the "Screaming Idol" that was excavated in Peru and state that it's only a pagan idol that does not contain any mystic powers. At that moment, the studio is struck by a sudden blackout and when the lights are restored the three scientists have disappeared, causing the station to begin airing a travelogue instead. When the studio police search the entire building but find nothing, director Mr. James suspects that the idol might be responsible but doesn't believe that calling in the police would help because they'd just think it was a publicity stunt. Joe suggests that they call the one person who might take them seriously.

After arriving at the studio, Dr. Strange asks that the scene be re-staged by darkening the studio. When this is done, Stange's enchanted amulet enables him to see a technician vanishing into the aura surrounding the idol. Strange casts a mystic shield around the idol and takes it to another room where he contacts the Ancient One for help. His master identifies the idol as an effigy of Tiboro who once ruled on Earth in the distant past until he and the civilization who worshipped him vanished. The fact that his idol has finally appeared means that Tiboro is ready to strike.

Armed with this knowledge, Dr. Strange momentarily removes the mystic shield around the idol, just long enough to enable its power to transport him into the Sixth Dimension where he appears before Tiboro himself. Although he had hoped to avoid attracting Strange's attention, Tiboro now realizes that he must deal with Strange before he can continue. While Tiboro identifies himself as the spirit of decay who takes command when a civilization has reached a crisis point, Strange, believing that his power might lie in his wand, secretly mentally influences Tiboro to put down his wand and fight without it. Once Tiboro has done so and Strange has removed his cloak, the two begin to battle only with their physical strength. However, after finding that he has underestimated his enemy, Tiboro resorts to more drastic measures and they begin fighting with black magic. In this battle, Strange manages to defeat Tiboro after tricking him into wasting much of his power in fighting an illusion. Once Strange has made it so that he cannot use his wand, Tiboro surrenders but declares that he will return if he detects further decay of the civilization of Earth. Strange accepts this but demands that he release his four captives.

Back on Earth, where only a minute has passed since Strange disappeared, he and the missing four men appear out of the idol in front of two network officials. Now convinced that black magic exists, the men eagerly plan to put on a show starring Dr. Strange but he, believing that it is not meant for mortals to know so much of what transpires in the mystic dimensions, casts a spell of forgetfulness over them all. As the spell is cast, time goes back until the moment when the studio was blacked out but this time, when the lights come on a few seconds later, the three panelists have not disappeared. As they state that black magic only exists in fiction, no one notices Dr. Strange watching from the shadows.

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The Terrible Trio![]

Beware...Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension![]

  • Professor Schuyler's initials will not be revealed until years later when his son, Dr. Wayne Schuyler, mentions his father's name while speaking with Doctor Strange about appearing on his new occult-oriented TV program, "Hour Thirteen."[1]
  • The scientist who was the third panelist on "The Twelfth Hour" was not named in this story. His name will eventually be revealed to be Professor Milsop in an excerpt from the biography Dr. Strange: The Man - The Myth - The Magic by Morgana Blessing that was printed in an issue of NOW Magazine that appeared in Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #9. However, in that article, his name was also spelt as "Milsap" so the correct spelling of his last name is uncertain.
  • Morgana Blessing's book only mentions the three scientists who were briefly kidnapped by Tiboro. No reference is made to the fourth man, a technician whose name has never been revealed, who was also kidnapped by Tiboro and rescued by Dr. Strange.
  • Retellings of this story omit the fact that Doctor Strange's Spell of Forgetfulness turned back time by (at least) a number of minutes and thereby changed history.

Publication Notes[]

  • Features Letters Page: Strange Mails- Letters from Robert Weis, James Melinichok, Robert Metz, Clint Bigglestone, and Bob Suter
  • Also contains "Special Announcement Section" and "The Mighty Marvel Checklist"

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