1960s An alleged descendant of Russian mystic
Grigori Rasputin, Pavel Rasputin craves world domination. Adopting the moniker of Mister Rasputin, he starts to hone his sorcery skills, before stealing classified papers from various government sites. Aware of Rasputin's treachery,
Doctor Strange tracks him down and fights him. However, having had already exhausted his reserves during his recent encounter with Tazza, Strange is unable to attack Rasputin full-force. Just as he is about to call upon his mystic cloak to subdue Rasputin, the villain withdraws a firearm and shoots the Sorcerer Supreme. Greatly weakened, Strange barely makes his way to the hospital, where he recuperates. Not contented with his pseudo-victory, Rasputin sends an assassin to murder Strange. Using his astral form, Strange confronts Rasputin for the second time. This time, he is able to defeat him. Strange uses sorcery to remove all knowledge about magic from Rasputin's mind, before turning him in to the police.
2000s During the
Dark Reign storyline after Doctor Strange is stripped of his "Sorcerer Supreme" title because he utilized
dark magic, the
Eye of Agamotto greets Plotnick and proposes that he be a candidate for the vacant title.
2010s Operatives of
Mys-Tech working for Commander Myrrden infiltrate the
Sanctum Sanctorum, causing
S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
Phil Coulson to bring Rasputin in with a promise that if he helps them against Mys-Tech, his debt to S.H.I.E.L.D. will be paid. After placing spying charges in the Sanctum Sanctorum, Rasputin accompanies Coulson and
Spider-Man into the Sanctum Sanctorum, where they defead the Mys-Tech agents. When Myrrden is defeated and the Book of Morphesti that was opened was closed, Rasputin removes the spell that was used on
Wong. Coulson asks Spider-Man to stick around to make sure that Rasputin remains long enough for Coulson to get his release papers filled out. During the "
Death of Doctor Strange" storyline, Doctor Strange deals with Mister Rasputin, who senses that the Seven Sons of Cinnibus are dying as Strange severs the connection to keep them from entering his dimension. ==Powers and abilities==