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Gate Of Darkness
M.A.S.K. - S1 - E63
Location: India V.E.N.O.M. lures a cobra from a shiva-festival using a floating flute. They are after an ivory throne that is hidden in a maze in the Himalayan Mountains. The markings on the back of the cobra's head are supposed to show the way through the maze.
M.A.S.K.: Season 1 - 53 Episode s
1x13 - The Creeping Terror
October 16, 1985
Location: Some Jungle VENOM has genetically altered caterpillar eggs to create giant caterpillars. They are using the giant caterpillars to clear away the vegetation in the jungle to reveal a map carved on the jungle floor. The map leads to the Hidden Valley, the location of an ancient source of great power -- a Myan crystal.
1x14 - Assault on Liberty
October 17, 1985
Location: New York, NY Matt, Scott, and T-Bob are attending a magic show on Liberty Island, New York harbour.
1x15 - The Sceptre of Rajim
October 18, 1985
Location: India V.E.N.O.M. steals a sceptre from the underground city of Rajim.
1x16 - The Golden Goddess
October 21, 1985
Location: Singapore V.E.N.O.M. is raiding temples and stealing golden relics, including The Golden Goddess of Sarawak. They are liquifying the gold and stealing it by pumping it through the city's old abandoned drainage system.
1x17 - Mystery of the Rings
October 22, 1985
Location: Unknown There are 3 valuable rings from the Renaissance that, when combined, will lead to a great ancient treasure. V.E.N.O.M. steals the rings and combine the rings on the ruins at Sunhenge.
1x18 - Bad Vibrations
October 23, 1985
Location: Hong Kong Millionaire Julian Fong hires V.E.N.O.M. to blow up buildings with the high-tech resonator bombs.
1x19 - Ghost Bomb
October 24, 1985
Location: Panama Brian, the Brain is a computer that controls a nuclear submarine. V.E.N.O.M. threatens to blow up the Panama Canal if their demands are not met.
1x20 - Cold Fever
October 25, 1985
Location: Alaska Bruce finds a man wandering in Alaska who has been exposed to a strange virus, and Bruce gets infected too. V.E.N.O.M. has the antidote, and they plan to sell it for lots of $$.
1x21 - Mardi Gras Mystery
October 28, 1985
Location: New Orleans, LA During Mardi Gras, VENOM tries to obtain a super fuel.
1x22 - The Secret of Life
October 29, 1985
Location: Egypt Rax dresses up as a mummy and V.E.N.O.M. steals a stone tablet with a map leading to King Tut's tomb. They are after a golden scarab that contains ""The Secret of Life"".
1x23 - Vanishing Point
October 30, 1985
Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. hijacks planes. They have an 'impostor' airport in the desert and use a radar jammer to confuse the real airports.
1x24 - Counter-Clockwise Caper
October 31, 1985
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada VENOM conducts heists of Las Vegas casinos.
1x25 - The Plant Show
November 1, 1985
Location: Los Angeles, California Brad's rock band is performing at the Hollywood Bowl when giant plants begin to cause havoc all over the city.
1x26 - Secret of the Andes
November 4, 1985
Location: Cuzco, Peru A preserved Incan priest is discovered in the aftermath of an avalanche and promises the way to El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold.
1x27 - Panda Power
November 5, 1985
Location: China, Easter Island V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a sculpter who is working on a large sculpture of a panda bear for a ceremony in China. They also kidnap some panda bears from a preserve, and they bring them to Easter Island. M.A.S.K. must get the pandas out of harm's way before they can battle V.E.N.O.M.
1x28 - Blackout
November 6, 1985
Location: Japan V.E.N.O.M. is draining power supplies with a vehicle called Blackout.
1x29 - A Matter of Gravity
November 7, 1985
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Firecracker is destroyed by a heat ray weapon attached to Switchblade. Hurricane is introduced at the end of the show by the name ""Night Stalker"".
1x30 - The Lost Riches of Rio
November 8, 1985
Location: Rio De Janeiro V.E.N.O.M. steals a worthless painting that is actually a map to a Nazi raider's gold stash inside Sugarloaf Mountain.
1x31 - Deadly Blue Slime
November 11, 1985
Location: Africa The blue monster is made of protoplasm, and it is a science experiment gone awry. It devours nearly anything in its way and its only weakness is salt.
1x32 - The Currency of Conspiracy
November 12, 1985
Location: Switzerland An ex-minister from West Germany hires V.E.N.O.M. to help him spread a virus that turns money bills into blank pieces of paper.
1x33 - Caesar's Sword
November 13, 1985
Location: Athens Rax disguises himself as Julius Caesar, in order to scare off some archaeologists. VENOM is searching for Caesar's Sword of Victory.
1x34 - Peril in Paris
November 14, 1985
Location: France Buddy disguises himself as Dagger and sneaks into VENOM's secret hide out, learning about their plans. The blueprint is a map that shows the location of a Nazi doomsday device built in WW2. Nightstalker is called Hurricane from this point on.
1x35 - In Dutch
November 15, 1985
Location: Holland A millionaire has hired V.E.N.O.M. to steal a machine that can cause ultra sonic vibrations. The millionaire wants to become vice president of the Netherlands, and if his demands are not met he will destroy all of Holland's dykes. He only wanted to bluff -- too bad Mayhem never bluffs.
1x36 - The Lippizaner Mystery
November 18, 1985
Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. steals the famous Lippizaner Stallions, earning million in platinum bars from an Arab. At the end V.E.N.O.M. loses the money (by a laser shot from Shark) and they all quickly flee in Piranha.
1x37 - The Sacred Rock
November 19, 1985
Location: Australia V.E.N.O.M. is manipulating a tribe of aboriginals with holographic projections of flying rocks.
1x38 - Curse of Solomon's Gorge
November 20, 1985
Location: Africa Researchers in Africa discover a Golden Scarab which they believe to be part of a hidden treasure that belonged to a lost tribe of Egypt.
1x39 - Green Nightmare
November 21, 1985
Location: New Guinea Alex has made an exact replica of the M.A.S.K. crystal used to power up the masks. Matt tells a story about his father (Andrew) who got the crystal from a tribe leader named Warago in New Guinea.
1x40 - Eyes of the Skull
November 22, 1985
Location: San Francisco, USA V.E.N.O.M. steals an artifact, a so-called 'crystal skull' that allows x-ray vision. By using the skull during combat with M.A.S.K., Mayhem sees through the masks and discovers Matt Trakker's true identity.
1x41 - Stop Motion
November 25, 1985
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Gloria is racing in the Indy 500 when all of the TV stations, cars on the racing track and other electronic devices around the stadium stop functioning.
1x42 - The Artemis Enigma
November 26, 1985
Location: Athens Some monks living in a mountain castle have a golden horn that can locate gold.
1x43 - The Chinese Scorpion
November 27, 1985
Location: China V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps a scientist who has located a treasure hidden in the Great Wall of China. Eyewitnesses say a giant metal scorpion took the professor.
1x44 - The Riddle of the Raven Master
November 28, 1985
Location: London, England V.E.N.O.M. uses ravens, trained by Vanessa, to steal the crown jewels, and as a diversion Rax has installed a bomb in Big Ben.
1x45 - The Spectre of Captain Kidd
November 29, 1985
Location: Unknown Matt, Hondo, Scott and T-Bob are visiting an island that once belonged to a famous captain named Captain Kidd.
1x46 - The Secret of the Stones
December 2, 1985
Location: Some Jungle V.E.N.O.M. steals a stone that makes objects weightless. The only problem is, the stone loses its power when it is removed from where they found it. Hondo uses his Blaster II mask (the one from Hurricane) for the first time.
1x47 - The Lost Fleet
December 3, 1985
Location: Island? V.E.N.O.M. steals sails from boats to make a balloon that can lift the village from its foundations.
1x48 - Quest of the Canyon
December 4, 1985
Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. is after a hidden treasure stolen by Jesse James in 1878 that has never been recovered. First appearance of Ace Riker and Slingshot.
1x49 - Follow the Rainbow
December 5, 1985
Location: Ireland V.E.N.O.M. is after a treasure that can be found at the end of a rainbow. First appearance of Calhoun Burns and Raven, as well as Julio Lopez and Firefly.
1x50 - The Everglades Oddity
December 6, 1985
Location: Unknown Matt is bitten by a snake and isn't able to lead the team against V.E.N.O.M. who are trying to steal a space shuttle. Alex Sector is Matt's temporary replacement as M.A.S.K. leader.
1x51 - Dragonfire
December 9, 1985
Location: Borneo V.E.N.O.M. is after a jade dragonhead that is kept in the Temple of the Dragon on Mount Kinabalu.
1x52 - The Royal Cape Caper
December 10, 1985
Location: Hawaii V.E.N.O.M. steals an artifact (a cape and helmet) and earns big money by selling fake replicas until M.A.S.K. puts an end to their scheme.
1x53 - Patchwork Puzzle
December 11, 1985
Location: Washington, DC V.E.N.O.M. steals a quilt and a fireplace screen from an exhibit in a museum. By following V.E.N.O.M.'s gas fumes with Hurricane's infra-red sensors, M.A.S.K. discovers V.E.N.O.M.'s secret hideout. By holding the screen in front of the quilt, a message in morse code is revealed, telling of a stash of 3 million dollars hidden by the Washington Monument.
1x54 - Fog on Boulder Hill
December 12, 1985
Location: Nevada? V.E.N.O.M. kidnaps an old woman who used to babysit Scott. In her car stolen counterfeit plates are hidden. Lots of cool action around Boulder Hill in this episode. Also, Firecracker is back!
1x55 - Plunder of Glowworm Grotto
December 13, 1985
Location: New Zeland Julio is visiting a village in New Zealand. He's checking on a project of the Matt Trakker Foundation which helps the people preserve the natives way of life.
1x56 - Stone Trees
December 16, 1985
Location: Unknown Jacques is doing his daily job sawing trees when he hits a tree that's made out of stone and has an inscription on it. V.E.N.OM. steals the tree and translates the inscriptions in order to discover the location of a golden totem.
1x57 - Incident in Istanbul
December 17, 1985
Location: Istanbul V.E.N.O.M. hijacks an armored truck being escorted by Thunderhawk to a museum. The truck is carrying ""The Emperor's Chess Set"", which, when combined together with a painting, shows the location of a golden crown which is hidden inside a church.
1x58 - The Creeping Desert
December 18, 1985
Location: Acapulco Jose Sanchez, the owner of a large complex of Acapulco hotels, hires V.E.N.O.M. to destroy all other land around his own property, by turning it in to a desert wasteland.
1x59 - The Scarlet Empress
December 19, 1985
Location: Venezuela V.E.N.O.M. is trying to steal an giant aboriginal statue of the Scarlet Empress. At the end Calhoun accidentally fires his Gulliver mask and shrinks the statue. A bird flies by and takes the statue. Gorey calls his mask ""Samson"" rather than Powerhouse.
1x60 - Venice Menace
December 20, 1985
Location: Venice V.E.N.O.M. steals a chemical that turns water into jelly. They use it to cover a harbor, allowing Stinger to drive on the water so they can dig up the golden ship.
1x61 - Treasure of the Nazca Plain
December 23, 1985
Location: Nazca Plateau in South America MASK foils a plot by VENOM to steal an ancient South American treasure.
1x62 - Disappearing Act
December 24, 1985
Location: Unknown V.E.N.O.M. steals cars from an auto museum by shrinking them.
1x63 - Gate Of Darkness
December 25, 1985
Location: India V.E.N.O.M. lures a cobra from a shiva-festival using a floating flute. They are after an ivory throne that is hidden in a maze in the Himalayan Mountains. The markings on the back of the cobra's head are supposed to show the way through the maze.
1x64 - The Manakara Giant
December 26, 1985
Location: Nazca Plateau in South Africa A cargo ship crashes on a beach under mysterious circumstances. Native people say it is the ghost of Manakara. It is actually V.E.N.O.M. (obviously) and they have a strange new magnetic device that gets a hold of T-Bob, as well as the MASK vehicles.
1x65 - Raiders of the Orient Express
December 26, 1985
Location: Switzerland V.E.N.O.M. seeks ""mad"" King Ludwig's treasure, and pilfers the Orient Express for clues.