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As the Avengers and the Fantastic Four return home, they are threatened by a sudden lightning storm, which is dispelled by Agatha Harkness, who identifies it as a mystic attack. She then terminates her position as Franklin Richards's governess to become the Scarlet Witch's tutor in witchcraft. No sooner are she and Wanda alone, however, than Necrodamus materializes, challenging Miss Harkness to battle with her soul as the prize. Despite her reassurances to Wanda. Agatha and her feline familiar, Ebony, are quickly struck down by their attacker. The Scarlet Witch uses her hex power against Necrodamus. but to no avail, and she collapses, drained. As he is about to draw both women's souls into his mystic casket, Wanda revives and casts one final hex, shattering the box. The captive spirits within are released and rise in a screaming torrent that carries off Necrodamus. then vanishes, and Wanda rises to face a fully recovered Agatha Harkness. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the mansion, Mantis openly spurns the Swordsman's affections, provoking him to near-insanity, then tries to seduce the Vision, who attempts to rebuff her as gently as possible. Suddenly, a blazing star appears in the sky directly above the mansion, and when the Avengers rush outside to investigate, they find themselves facing none other than Kang the Conqueror.