After traveling around the globe to extort critical secrets from nation leaders, Mr. Rasputin lands on Greenwich Village to prepare his next move at the United Nations. He gets an expected visit from Dr. Strange, and as they engage in a fight, he realizes that the sorcerer's powers clearly outmatch his. Rasputin the resorts to the use of a pistol and shoots his opponent who flies away, critically wounded. Then he hires a thug to check the hospital and finish the job so he can achieve the world domination that his ancestor, the first Rasputin, failed to obtain. While he searches Dr. Strange's retreat for new spells, Mr. Rasputin is attacked and captured by Strange's cloak and amulet and taken to the hospital where his henchman is immobilized. Dr. Strange erases Rasputin's mind of magic then forces them both to confess their crimes to the police.