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Warning : SPOILERS for Strange # 8
Marvel’sDoctor Strangemay be the Sorcerer Supreme in the funnies , but it ’s clearlyWongin the Marvel Cinematic Universe - a development that no one in the comics ever reckon coming . Stephen Strange is one of the most powerful sorcerous users in both mediums , but it is almost inexplicable to the citizen of the comics thatWong , of all people , would become the next Sorcerer Supremeafter his predecessor . InStrange # 8 , Marvel explain precisely why .
In the world of Marvel Comics , Wong was Doctor Strange ’s " manservent " and just one who pledge his living to dish and protect the Sorcerer Supreme - with his sprightliness , if necessary . This moral force is almost completely reversed in the MCU , where Wong is a teacher and guardian of a mystical depository library of forbid techniques . unknown is quite skilful at learning and applying knowledge , but he lacks Wong ’s experience - and after Strange ’s demise inAvengers : Infinity War , Wong becomes Earth ’s new Sorcerer Supreme , with Doctor Strange as his second - in - mastery .
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InStrange # 8 , drop a line by Jed MacKay with art by Stefano Landini , the former director of W.A.N.D. ( a magical interlingual rendition of SHIELD ) refer the backstory of the organisation , along with the reasonwhy Strange ’s married woman Clea is so strongagainst the Blasphemy Cartel : simply put , no one expected her to inherit Strange ’s rubric of Sorcerer Supreme . Similarly to Batman ’s contingence plan , WAND had countermeasures for every possible Sorcerer Supreme on Indian file . “Doom , Mordo , Drumm , Maximoff , Rasputina , Kaplan , even Wong … there were contingency plans in place if any of them should become Sorcerer Supreme . "
Wong Was On The Bottom Of The List For Sorcerer Supreme
While Strange ’s married woman Clea was understandably never even view ( despite her Dark Dimension abilities ) , the"even"before Wong ’s name imply he was at the very bottom of the listing . This power structure makes sentience when one realizes that Doctor Doom , the Scarlet Witch and other incredibly powerful magic users also make the cut . Apparently , Wong is powerful because he is underestimated - but he is still not the Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel Comics . unluckily , neither is Doctor Strange , who is currently dead and in the guise of the Harvestman , Death ’s own correct mitt .
Does this mean that Wong is not set to take up the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme in the comedian ? Not exactly - it simply means he is n’t the good potential nominee . It is interesting thatthe list bring up Doctor Doom of all peoplebefore him , but that may mean Doom has more raw power . Doctor Strange’sdeath get out a monolithic gap in the charming security of the cosmos in the Marvel Universe , but unfortunatelyWongis not desire enough to occupy it .
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