Avengers Unveil MCU's Next Sorcerer Supreme Among Their Ranks.
Doctor Strange is the only character in the MCU to hold the title of “Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme,” but there’s another magic user destined to officially claim the title for himself. And since the Avengers comics have made sure they’re perfect for the role, there’s no reason the Marvel movies shouldn’t do the same. Doctor Stephen Strange’s origin story is the same in both the comics and the MCU, healing from tragedy to master sorcery. But unlike the comics, Doctor Strange lost the title of Sorcerer Supreme to Wong (Benedict Wong) in the MCU, after he fell victim to Thanos’ life-eliminating Infinity Snap. And even if he gets the title back, it’s more than likely he’ll lose it yet again to someone who just so happens to have recently made their MCU debut.
In Avengers Assemble: Alpha #1 by Jason Aaron, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, and Alex Sinclair, the Avengers face off against ‘Doom Supreme.’ Doom Supreme is a version of Doctor Doom who has traveled to different universes, absorbing the power of his variants while also stringing together a team of the most powerful super-villains in the multiverse. During his villainous travels, Doom Supreme has witnessed nearly every conceivable version of every single superhero in the issue. According to Doom, the majority of wizards who claim the title of Sorcerer Supreme consistently consist of three people: Doctor Strange, Agamotto, and Claire.
Clea is as Much A ‘True’ Sorcerer Supreme as Doctor Strange
While killing Agamotto, Doom Supreme casually mentions that he enjoys killing Sorcerer Supremes in gory ways unique to each of them. He lists Stranges, Agamottos, and Cleas as the three Sorcerer Supremes he kills most frequently. Since Clea most recently held the position after the Death of Doctor Strange story arc, the notion that she might assume the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme is not new. Although that might have surprised certain entities within the universe, this Avengers issue affirms that Clea’s status as Sorcerer Supreme is not only commonplace, but almost a multiversal constant. It is more common than not for Doom Supreme to encounter Cleas who have evolved into Sorcerer Supremes throughout the multiverse.