Savage Avengers #9 (2020)
by Gerry Duggan & Patric Zircher
cover by Valerio Giandigiordano
And I thought Kulan Gath couldn’t get any uglier!
Speaking of Kulan Gath, last time he caused a minor inconvenience to Doctor Doom by decapitating him.
Kulan Gath is amused by this revelation, while Conan demonstrates exactly the amount of humor you’d expect from him.
Kulan Gath’s attempt to recruit new adepts is also going as you’d expect.
But make no mistake, he is VERY dangerous.
Even if he does have a tendency to lose limbs.
As good as Conan is at cutting heads, this is CLEARLY out of his league.
It is kind of hilarious just how much alike these two are.
Hey it’s been AGES since Doom actually bothered to use his gun!
Things are bad enough that Doom calls for his secret weapon.
Wait Latveria uses the Euro!? SINCE WHEN!?
Even before the weapon arrives, Doom burns Kulan Gath with some kind of acid.
Joke’s on you, Conan, you have no idea of how many wizards these two already killed during their careers.
Kulan Gath is still alive, because magic, and this is when Doom’s secret weapon arrives.
Also apparently we’re in Egypt now? I thought we were in another dimension!
The weapon is a new armor, but not for Doctor Doom… for Strange!
Savage Avengers #10 (2020)
by Gerry Duggan & Patric Zircher
cover by Valerio Giandigiordano
We have finally reached the conclusion. Will this unlikely trio of reluctant allies actually kill Kulan Gath for good?
The armor allows Doctor Strange to also be Doom AND Iron Man and Ant-Man at once!!!
Guys, I think you might have overhyped Kulan Gath a bit too much.
During the fight, Doctor Strange attempt to free Doctor Voodoo who had been imprisoned by Kulan Gath. Which leads to this hilarious comment from Conan:
While Strange frees Voodoo by a demon possessing it, Conan has a bit of fun.
Doctor Doom, not so much.
The final move is to give Kulan Gath’s the armor…
…and the amulet.
Despite Kulan Gath claiming this only slowed him down…
…it does banish him and his pyramid.
Time for a celebration!
Which won’t involve Conan, because BOTH Doom and Strange decide to send him back to Brazil.
This won’t help the reputation of wizards, guys.
You’d expect them to go their separate ways, but for some reason Doom follows Strange back to the Sanctum Sanctorum.
Guys, you JUST stopped Kulan Gath… what’s the problem of stopping him again if he shows up?
Is Doom so desperate that he’s seriously considering asking Mephisto to help?
Or did he just figure out a way to annoy Mephisto to no end?
Strange does recruit Conan a couple of issues later.
We will revisit the finale of the Savage Avengers series, because Doom will be involved in the final battle against Kulan Gath.
Who of course wasn’t really dead.
Doom significance: 0/10
Aside from the eventual resolution of this series.
Silver Age-ness: 0/10
Not really.
Will it stand the test of time? 9/10
The subplot to free Doctor Voodoo, which I skilled because it didn’t involve Doom, is a bit of a drag. But besides that, this is exactly what you would expect to see when Conan meets superheroes to fight an evil wizard.
However, sending Conan back after the fight felt a bit out of character for Strange.
Doom I can totally see, but Strange is typically more cordial.
Crazy tech
I’m assuming the armor Doom summons isn’t particularly different from his regular one, and it puts Iron Man to shame… even Stark doesn’t carry around Pym particles.
Not to mention the Doombot at the beginning of the issue was advanced enough to fool Kulan Gath and, more importantly, it was able to use magic to incapacitate Doctor Strange!!!