Issue(s): Sub-Mariner #22,
Cover Date: Feb 70
Title: "The monarch and the mystic!"
Credits:
Roy Thomas - Writer
Marie Severin - Penciler
Johnny T. Craig - Inker

Review/plot:
This story continues the story from Doctor Strange #183. Most likely the story continued here only because Strange's series was cancelled and this was a way to wrap things up and keep the character visible, but the team-ups here and in Hulk #126. where the story is concluded. pave the way for a future Defenders series featuring these characters.

While Ikthon restores the Sub-Mariner's ability to breathe underwater, Dr. Strange contacts him (Namor) and recaps the plot of Doctor Strange #183. While he's supposed to be recovering from his surgery, Namor heads to Boston to acquire an idol that the Nameless One needs to open a dimensional gate.

After fighting a demon and locating the idol, Strange appears and takes it.

Namor isn't happy to be manipulated by Strange but seems placated by the sorcerer's explanation. The two team-up to fight a cat and the Nameless One.

Dr. Strange stays behind in the dimension of the Undying Ones, leaving Namor to wonder if what happened was real.

Quality Rating: C

Historical Significance Rating: 3 - Leads up to the formation of the Defenders.

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: Day of the Defenders