Strange Tales #148—150

Kaluu!

by Denny O’Neil, Roy Thomas, and Bill Everett

Release: September to November 1966
Format: Comic Book
Genres: Fantasy, Superhero
Audience: YA and Up
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

When Kaluu triumphantly sends the all-powerful Book of Vishanti back to the time of its origin, it falls to Doc Strange and the Ancient One to banish it to a timeless period so that it will never again fall into the wrong hands.

— Michael Main

We approach the time-space continuum of ancient Babylonia— It is there that the book which we seek was created milenniums [sic] ago!

DEBUT

“Kaluu!,” in Strange Tales 148–150 (Marvel Comics, September to November 1966).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Timeline Models

Outside of Time: “I banished it to a place beyond time [. . .],” from “The Conquest of Kaluu!” p. 5.

Time Travel Methods

Magic Time Travel: Just a one-line cameo: “Unseen by human eyes, the two mighty spirit images race thru time and space . . .”

Real-World Tags

Ancient Babylon

Fictional Tags

Groupings

Marvel Comics (franchise)
Marvel Multiverse (conglomerate)
Strange Tales (comic book): #148–150, September to November 1966

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From “an unsuspected cavern far beneath the deepest tunnel of New York City”, 1966 ⋙ to ancient Babylonia, millennia ago. Note: We eventually find out that the Ancient One once retrieved the Book of Vishant from ancient Babylonia where it was created. On page 5 of “The Origin of the Ancient One,” Kaluu sends the book back to that time to keep it away from the present-day Ancient One and his favorite pupil.
From the Sanctum Sanctorum in Greenwich Village, New York City, 1966 ⋙ to ancient Babylonia, millennia ago. Round trip. Note: The Ancient One and Doc Strange foil Kaluu by retrieving the Book of Vishant!