Doctor Strange
Warning : contains spoilers forStrange # 2 !
Death has its own Sorcerer Supreme , on equation withDoctor StrangeorClea . Doctor Strange ’s recent loss leave behind a huge void in the Marvel Universe , one fulfill by Clea , his former scholarly person and buff . But even though Doctor Strange is dead , Clea swears she will work him back somehow , leading to aconfrontation with the Harvestman , the Sorcerer Supreme ’s lethal opposite inStrange # 2 , on sale now in photographic print and digital . The issue is written by Jed MacKay , illustrated by Marcelo Ferreira , inked by Don Ho , colored by Java Tartaglia and lettered by Cory Petit .
In last year’sDeath of Doctor Strange , someone murdered the Sorcerer Supreme . A magical clone of Strange , created when he was untested , was load with solving the slaying . Kaecilius , a scoundrel of Strange ’s , was bring out as the manslayer , and after he was dispatch , Doctor Strange was able to move onto his final advantage . His glide by mean Earth needed a new Sorcerer Supreme , and Clea stepped up , assuming the mantle and moving into Strange ’s Sanctum Sanctorum . Clea has proved a far more volatile and abrasive Sorcerer Supreme , deform away challenges from the the like of Doctor Doom . Clea has also sworn to bring her former buff back to life . However , Death has other ideas . InStrange # 2 , readers meet the Harvestman , one of decease ’s agents , who is establish as the dark opposite of the Sorcerer Supreme .
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Clea tracks the Harvestman , finding him battling a zombie clon of Thunderstrike . Clea learns this is not in reality Thunderstrike , but a revenant made of “ disturbed soul ” rebelling against decease . Clea substantiate the Harvestman may be her key to uprise Doctor Strange . While the Harvestman tell her that is “ impossible,”Clea will not take no for an answerand continues her assault against him . However , the Harvestman is more than a match for her ; after destroy the revenant - Thunderstrike , the Harvestman departs . Back at the Sanctum Sanctorum , Clea and Wong talk over the Harvestman . After hearing of his great force , Wong suspects that Death has created"a counterpart to the Sorcerer Supreme . An diametrical number . "
Doctor Strangecomics over the year have discover that other dimensions have their own Sorcerers Supreme ; indeed , Clea herself is the Sorcerer Supreme of the Dark Dimension . With this in mind , Death creating her own Sorcerer Supreme equivalentmakes sense . Such a being would go a foresighted way to enforcing Death ’s will , such as disallow the resurrection of Doctor Strange . Doctor Strange is one of the most powerful to hold the deed of conveyance of Sorcerer Supreme and has cheated expiry on more than one occasion . Death get laid what someone like Doctor Strange is adequate to of and has create the Harvestman to keep him ( and others like him ) from flouting her authority . Clea , as the Sorcerer Supreme of two attribute , may be the only hero in the Marvel Universe capable of defeating the Harvestman , and defying Death herself .
One doubt that remains to be answered is whether Clea would in reality be correct to vote down the Harvestman . Death is an all-important element of the Marvel macrocosm , and keeping the asleep in tune is theoretically just as of import a tariff as protect the region from magical threats . However , Strange # 2makes it vindicated thatCleais intent on resurrectingDoctor Strangeno matter the cost , guaranteeing that she ’ll front Death ’s Anti - Sorcerer Supremeagain shortly .
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