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Writer: Ron Marz
Artist: Michael Broussard
Inkers: Rob Hunter, Rick Basaldua, & Joe Weems
Letterer: Troy Feter
Colorist: Larry Molinar
Editor: Rob Levin
Editor In Chief: Joe Quesada
Cover Artist: Marc Silvestri
Witnessing the vision of a mysterious, fiery woman in his Orb of Agamotto, Doctor Strange confers with his manservant Wong about a threat coming to this realm. Great forces are work, taking care to hide their tracks from detection, and Strange admits that, as ever, mortals will be caught in between.
Meanwhile, in a seedy bar in New York City, mobster Jackie Estacado - also known as the demonically-powered being the Darkness - talks with his friend Butcher about his recent criminal charges being dropped in court. Their table is approached by Sara Pezzini and Danielle Baptiste, the former and current wielders of the Witchblade. Pezzini claims that their encounter is coincidence and ends their tense conversation by telling Dani that Estacado is "a bad guy but not a bad man". At that moment, the Ghost Rider crashes through the wall of the bar, declaring that vengeance will be his against Estacado. Jackie orders Butcher to get the two women out of the bar and then transforms into the Darkness. Ghost Rider says that while he escaped the law, Estacado will not escape him. While the two start to fight, one of the bar patrons collapse in pain - this patron is Bruce Banner, and the stress of the battle causes him to transform into the monstrous Hulk, who throws both the Rider and the Darkness into the street outside. Danielle then enters the fight, powered by the Witchblade, and saves Estacado from the Hulk. The two go back-to-back while the Hulk and the Ghost Rider charge from each side - the Rider pulls the Darkness away with his chains while the Hulk throws a car at Witchblade. As the battle progresses into more and more violence, Estacado and Baptiste are surprised when their attackers suddenly freeze in mid-air. Doctor Strange appears, and it was he who suspended the Hulk and Ghost Rider. The two monsters disappear, teleported away with erased memories by Strange. The Doctor tells Estacado and Baptiste that a war involving them both is coming and then fades away, leaving the two with more questions than answers.
Elsewhere, the headquarters of Cyberforce, a team of cybernetic heroes, is visited by the fiery woman in Strange's vision...