Doctor Strange’s latest job hunt just turned him into the most wanted man in Asgard, and for all the wrong reasons.
With Doctor Doom having used the mantle of the Sorcerer Supreme to usher in his supreme rule over the entire planet, the titular hero of Doctor Strange of Asgard #1 is more desperate than ever to reclaim his title. To that end, Strange makes the trip to Asgard in the hopes of becoming its Sorcerer Supreme, evening the odds between himself and the opposition as part of his plan to set things right. Unfortunately, it isn’t Thor who Strange needs to convince, but Hulda, the sorceress who currently stands as Asgard’s mystic authority. Worse still, it is only a matter of time before Strange’s meeting with Hulda is interrupted by Loki, whose presence ultimately ends with Asgard’s premier sorceress brutally murdered and the former Sorcerer Supreme standing as the prime suspect.
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Doctor Strange of Asgard #1
- Written by DEREK LANDY
- Art by CARLOS MAGNO
- Colors by ESPEN GRUNDETJERN
- Letters by VC’s CORY PETIT
- Design by CARLOS LAO
- Main cover art by GEOFF SHAW & ARTHUR HESLI
- Variant covers by DAVID MARQUEZ, ADRIANO DI BENEDETTO & JESUS ABURTOV, CLAYTON CRAIN, STEPHANIE HANS, GEOFF SHAW, and NetEASE GAMES
After decades of wielding the mantle of Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange was effectively forced to relinquish his title to Doctor Doom during Marvel Comics’ Blood Hunt crossover event. At the time, the world had been plunged into darkness by a horde of vampires led by a possessed Blade. Doctor Strange only escaped the chaos in spirit, literally, as his body was stricken with vampirism, leaving his consciousness stranded in astral form. As such, Strange didn’t have any hope of parting the Dark Force shroud that had blacked out the skies, at least not on his own, whereas Doom was more than capable of doing just that once the power of the Sorcerer Supreme was his to command.
In giving up the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange inadvertently ushered in Doctor Doom’s eventual global takeover. This expanded power, coupled with a few extra mystical accouterments delivered unto Doom by his oldest enemies, was everything the Latverian dictator needed to proclaim himself the supreme leader of the entire world. As seen in One World Under Doom #1, this new status quo has created all manner of issues for the world’s heroes, although a surprising amount of the general populace has welcomed the change with open arms.
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Ahead of the release of Doctor Strange of Asgard #1, writer Derek Landy spoke to CBR about what fans can expect from the series. Landy also explained the unique set of circumstances its titular hero finds himself in, explaining that “Strange is a brilliant magician, as he has demonstrated time and again, and to do what he does takes a tremendous amount of confidence and a seriously healthy ego.” Landy continued, “So to plunge him into a situation where, in order to learn what he needs to learn, he’ll first have to admit that he knows nothing, is a great way to kick off an examination of a character.”
Doctor Strange of Asgard #1 is available now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel Comics
